Provençal poetry.- Nostredame (Jean de) Le vite delli piu celebri et antichi primi poeti provenzali
Provençal poetry.- Nostredame (Jean de) Le vite delli piu celebri et antichi primi poeti provenzali che fiorirno nel tempo delli re di Napoli, translated by Giovanni Giudici, first edition in Italian, collation: A-R8, title with small woodcut floral ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, Q8 blank, lacking final blank, spotting or some foxing, lightly browned, late 19th century calf-backed red boards, gilt spine in compartments, head of spine little nicked, rubbed, 8vo (147 x 89mm.), Lyon, Alexandre Marsilius, 1575.*** Lives of 76 early Provençal poets by the brother of the astrologer Nostradamus. The Troubadours influenced Italian creativity greatly, with Dante referencing a number of them in his Divine Comedy. This first Italian edition was published in the same year as the French original.Literature: Adams N348.
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Provençal poetry.- Nostredame (Jean de) Le vite delli piu celebri et antichi primi poeti provenzali che fiorirno nel tempo delli re di Napoli, translated by Giovanni Giudici, first edition in Italian, collation: A-R8, title with small woodcut floral ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, Q8 blank, lacking final blank, spotting or some foxing, lightly browned, late 19th century calf-backed red boards, gilt spine in compartments, head of spine little nicked, rubbed, 8vo (147 x 89mm.), Lyon, Alexandre Marsilius, 1575.*** Lives of 76 early Provençal poets by the brother of the astrologer Nostradamus. The Troubadours influenced Italian creativity greatly, with Dante referencing a number of them in his Divine Comedy. This first Italian edition was published in the same year as the French original.Literature: Adams N348.
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