Definitive Edition of Guarini's Il Pastor Fido , 20th Impression, with Compendia della Poesia
Definitive Edition of Guarini's Il Pastor Fido, 20th Impression, with Compendia della Poesia,
Giovanni Battista Guarini. IL PASTOR FIDO, TRAGICOMMEDIA PASTORALE... XX IMPRESSIONE. Venice: Appresso Gio. Battista Ciotti, 1602. Bound with COMPENDIO DELLA POESIA (1601). Half bound mottled calf over patterned paper boards, label with gilt on spine, all edges speckled. 4to; a7 b8 A-2G8 2H4; a6 A-H4; [30], 488pp.; [12], 64pp. (many pages mis-numbered; lacking a8 portrait engraving). Italic and Roman type; text in Italian. With engraved title page, title page for Compendio, ornaments, initials, and full page illustrations. USTC 4034897.
7 7/8 x 6 in.
Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612) was an Italian poet and professor who worked for the Duke of Ferrara. His best known work is Il Pastor Fido, a pastoral play first published in 1590.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
Condition Report: Wear and discoloration to boards, corners bumped with small loss to one, several small wormholes on spine and joints; cracking at rear hinges, writing in ink and pencil on paste-down, light toning and foxing, occasional wormhole, stain, or grime; repair to title page; lacking portrait engraving otherwise collating as complete, a good copy of this important edition.
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Definitive Edition of Guarini's Il Pastor Fido, 20th Impression, with Compendia della Poesia,
Giovanni Battista Guarini. IL PASTOR FIDO, TRAGICOMMEDIA PASTORALE... XX IMPRESSIONE. Venice: Appresso Gio. Battista Ciotti, 1602. Bound with COMPENDIO DELLA POESIA (1601). Half bound mottled calf over patterned paper boards, label with gilt on spine, all edges speckled. 4to; a7 b8 A-2G8 2H4; a6 A-H4; [30], 488pp.; [12], 64pp. (many pages mis-numbered; lacking a8 portrait engraving). Italic and Roman type; text in Italian. With engraved title page, title page for Compendio, ornaments, initials, and full page illustrations. USTC 4034897.
7 7/8 x 6 in.
Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538-1612) was an Italian poet and professor who worked for the Duke of Ferrara. His best known work is Il Pastor Fido, a pastoral play first published in 1590.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.lelandlittle.com
Condition Report: Wear and discoloration to boards, corners bumped with small loss to one, several small wormholes on spine and joints; cracking at rear hinges, writing in ink and pencil on paste-down, light toning and foxing, occasional wormhole, stain, or grime; repair to title page; lacking portrait engraving otherwise collating as complete, a good copy of this important edition.
