Francesco Petrarca; Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo. IL PETRARCHA CON L'ESPOSITIONE DI M. GIOVANNI ANDREA GESUALDO... Venice: Appresso Gabriel Giolito De Ferrari E Fratelli, 1553. First edition. Hardcover. Gilt paneled calf, gilt stamped spine with red morocco label, all edges speckled, decorated endpapers. With Petrarch's Triumphs (paginated continuously). 4to; *-2*8 3*4 4*6 A-Z8 AA-MM8 NN2 OO-VV8 XX4; [52], 667 (i.e. 683), [1]pp. Italic and Roman type; text in Italian. With woodcut title page, full-page map, woodcut initials and ornaments, occasional illustration, printer's device on final verso. EDIT16 27048; USTC 847853.

9 x 6 3/8 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Leather scuffed, edgewear, spine and joints rubbed; lightly toned interior with mild foxing, occasional stains including on title page, light damp staining mostly to last several pages, occasional small corner or edge loss not impacting text. A good and sturdy copy of this rare 16th-century edition.