Lodovico Castelvetro. POETICA D'ARISTOTELE VULGARIZZATA, ET SPOSTA PER LODOVICO CASTELVETRO. Basel: ad instanza di Pietro de Sedabonis, 1576. Later edition. Later full vellum with yapp edges, label with gilt on spine, all edges speckled. 4to; [16] 699 (i.e. 703) [57]pp. Roman type; text in Italian with some Greek. With index, woodcut on title page, initials, diagrams and tables. USTC 819474.

8 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.

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

Lodovico Castelvetro (Italy, ca. 1505-1571) was a Renaissance literary scholar and critic, well-known for his influential commentary on Poetics.

Boards with light staining, several wormholes and area of grime on back cover; manuscript on free endpaper, toning and foxing throughout, occasional damp stain, with frequent ink manuscript and passages crossed out. About very good.