Aldine Press, 4 volumes of works in Italian, 1534-1546, various bindings

Aldine Press

A collection of 4 volumes of works in Italian, 1534-1546, all 8vo, comprising:

SANNAZARO, Jacopo. Sonetti, e canzoni. (Venice): Aldus (heirs of Aldus and Andrea Torresani, July) 1534, woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso (otherwise blank), later decorated paper wrappers, [Edit16 27225; Renouard 112/6]

MANUZIO, Paolo. Lettere volgari di diversi nobilissimi huomini, et eccellentissimi ingegni... libro primo (-secondo). Venice: Aldus (sons of Aldus), 1544-1545, 2 parts in one volume, woodcut Aldine devices on title-pages and final versos, later vellum, [Edit16 803087 (first volume) & 803138 (both volumes from 1545 printing); Renouard 130/6 & 134/17], a few wormholes in binding

PATRIZI, Francesco. De discorsi... sopra alle cose appartenenti ad una città libera... Venice: Aldus (sons of Aldus), 1545, woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso (otherwise blank), later half vellum, flat spine gilt with morocco lettering-pieces, [Edit16 26955; Renouard 131/3], inscription of the Capuchins of Concordia (Portogruaro), bookplate of Alfred Trapnell

PETRARCA, Francesco. Il Petrarca. Venice: sons of Aldus, 1546, woodcut device on title-page and final verso, nineteenth-century burgundy calf gilt tooled in period style, flat spine gilt with Aldine device, gilt edges, [Edit16 26967; Renouard 138/19 ("bien imprimée, très correcte"); UCLA 359], inscription of W. Middelton dated 1833 on flyleaf