Lot no. 46
Incunabula
Petrarch, Francesco
De remediis utriusque Fortunae. With woodcut initial and woodcut printer's mark. Cremone, Bernardino Misinta et Cesare da Parma, 1492. 1 w. Leaf, 3 vols. Tables, 161 pp., 1 w. (quires: A 4 a-b 8 a-z 6 A-B 6). 1 column. 46 lines. Folio. Late. Pgt. in period style with Spanish edges.
No copy of this edition traceable for us in international trade. - Goff, P409. - GW, M31618. - Hain, 12793 - ISTC, ip00409000. - Proctor, 6927 - Third incunabula edition of the famous "Heilmittel des Glücks", also the first edition of the version edited by Nicolaus Lucarus. In his moral reflections from 1354 to 1367, the famous Renaissance humanist Francesco Petrarch discusses in 253 dialogues the appropriate human reaction to fate and misfortune. Among other things, he discusses the role of women, music, dance, good food, loss of money, old age, country life, gallantry, etc. - Book block trimmed, first three leaves more heavily and narrowly trimmed in lower margin, only rarely browned or stained. Overall a good copy.
No copy of this edition traceable to us in international trade. With woodcut initial and woodcut printer's mark. Later vellum in the style of the period with Spanish edges. Third incunabula edition of the famous "Remedies for Fortunes", also the first edition of the version edited by Nicolaus Lucarus. In his moral reflections from 1354 to 1367, the famous Renaissance humanist Francesco Petrarch discusses in 253 dialogues the appropriate human reaction to fate and misfortune. Among other things, he discusses the role of women, music, dance, good food, loss of money, old age, country life, gallantry, etc. Book trimmed, first three leaves trimmed more heavily and closely in lower margin, only rarely browned or stained. Overall a good copy.
3000
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