[DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321)]. Sonetti e' Canzoni di diversi antichi autori Toscani in dieci libri raccolte. Florence: heirs of Filippo Giunta, July 1527. Small 8vo (152 x 95 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page and verso of final leaf. (Lacking q8, some light spotting or browning, minor dampstain to outer margin of a few leaves.) Modern green crushed levant (some light wear). Second and most complete edition of this 14th-century collection of Italian poets, including the first edition of Dante's Canzoniere , and edited by Bernardo Giunta and others. From the personal Fable collection of Kenneth McKenzie (see Kenneth McKenzie, "Some Remarks on a Fable Collection," Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.4, June 1944). EXTREMELY RARE: according to online sale records, only two copies of this work have appeared on the market at auction in the last 35 years. Adams T-1213. Estimate $ 1,000-2,000 Provenance: Cesaris Quirone? (early signature on title-page); A.S. (manuscript initials on title-page): Kenneth McKenzie (1870-1949) American Professor and Italian Literature scholar (signature and bookplate).
[DANTE Alighieri (1265-1321)]. Sonetti e' Canzoni di diversi antichi autori Toscani in dieci libri raccolte. Florence: heirs of Filippo Giunta, July 1527. Small 8vo (152 x 95 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page and verso of final leaf. (Lacking q8, some light spotting or browning, minor dampstain to outer margin of a few leaves.) Modern green crushed levant (some light wear). Second and most complete edition of this 14th-century collection of Italian poets, including the first edition of Dante's Canzoniere , and edited by Bernardo Giunta and others. From the personal Fable collection of Kenneth McKenzie (see Kenneth McKenzie, "Some Remarks on a Fable Collection," Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol.4, June 1944). EXTREMELY RARE: according to online sale records, only two copies of this work have appeared on the market at auction in the last 35 years. Adams T-1213. Estimate $ 1,000-2,000 Provenance: Cesaris Quirone? (early signature on title-page); A.S. (manuscript initials on title-page): Kenneth McKenzie (1870-1949) American Professor and Italian Literature scholar (signature and bookplate).
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