27th Jun, 2019 10:00

Books & Works
 
Lot 313
 

Tasso (Torquato) Gioie di rime e prose… Quinta e sesta parte, 2 parts in one, includes ‘Dialoghi e Discorsi’, woodcut arms of Ferrara to title, light age yellowing, some gatherings loose, 1 repaired, limp vellum, soiled, joints split, [Graesse, VII, 32; Serassi, p. 586; Carpané, p. 102-103; Ascarelli-Menato, p. 72-73; Panizzi, 5625; 'La ragione e l’arte', 67; 'Edizioni tassiane', 63], 12mo, Giulio Va[s]salini, Ferrara, 1587. *** First edition of parts V e VI of Tasso’s ‘Rime & Prose’, edited by  Giovanni Battista Licino and dedicated to Paolo Grillo. The 'Dialoghi' & 'Discorsi' are here published for the first time ('La Cavaletta ovvero della poesia Toscana', 'La Molza ovvero del Amore', 'Il Forno secondo, ovvero della nobiltà', 'Della dignità', 'Il segretario', 'Discorso del maritarsi'). The poems comprise 172 sonnets et 111 canzones and madrigals, all addressed to pope Sixtus V.

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