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October 12, 08:25 PM GMT
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Beccuti, Francesco and Francesco Bocchi. Rime di M. Francesco Coppetta de' Beccuti perugino. Venice: Domeಌnico & Giovanni Battista Guerra, 1580
[Discorso di Francesco Bocchi sopra la lite delle armi, & delle lettere]. (Florence: Giorgio Marescotti, 1580)
According to Brunet, the first work was printed by Aldo Manuzio the younger. A copy of Carlo Sigonio, printed by Guerra in 1564, also appeared with Aldo's imprint (UCLA 717.5), and an edition of James Criꦦghton from 1580 has a Guerra imprint but Renouard opined that it was actually printed by Aldo (Renouard 227/7; UCLA 925).
2 works in one volume, 8vo (149 x 98 mm). Italic type, 29 lines + 26 lines plus headline. collation: Beccuti: A-N8: 104 leaves (N8 blank). Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces. Bocchi: A-B8, 16 leaves. Woodcut initials. (Beccuti lacking last two leaves containing device only, some staining. Bocchꦅi lacking title-page.)
binding: Later Italian vellum (156 x 107 mm). (A few wormho𝓰les, ꦡslightly damaged at foot.)
provenance: "Ex libris Panfili Landi", early inscription on title-page — Pietro Buoninsegni, of Siena, booklabel dated 1805. acquisition: Purchased from Erasmushaus, Basel, 1978. references: Edit16 4773 & 6492
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