1597 Le lettere di m. Bernardo Tasso antique 16th CENTURY vellum bound

Bernardo Tasso Le lettere di m. Bernardo Tasso Venice; 1597 Original limp vellum, manuscript title to the spine and edges, stained front cover, with some damage at the upper edge of the covers [7], 1 blank sheet, 284, 1 blank sheet Rare edition from 1597 of the letters of Bernardo Tasso that included correspondence with Cagnino Gonzaga, Annibal Caro, Cardinal Pietro Bembo, Guido Rangoni, and the popes Paul III and Clement VII. Printer's mark on the frontispiece and some decorated initials. Small occasional spots, period marginalia, some wormholes at the lower margin on about 20 leaves Back endpaper with period manuscript entry on the recto and verso with the "Repertorio delle matterie più importanti delle lettere del Tasso". Moreover, the copy remains usable and complete. size: 4 by 6" Text in Italian