FRANCESCO DA BOLOGNA'S FOREWORD TO CANZONIERE ET TRIOMPHI DI MESSER FRANCESCO PETRARCHA, 1516.
- Vancouver, B.C., Canada: HM-Van. 2020.
- 8vo.
- cased in thin boards covered with metallic blue paper, paper spine label
- (6) pages
Price: $300.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 137144
Limited to 30 numbered copies printed by Rollin Milroy of Heavenly Monkey. A fine copy. Set in Cancelleresca Bastarda and printed with a Pratt-Albion foolscap handpress on dampened Richard de Bas paper.
In 1516 the type cutter Francesco Griffo turned his hand to publishing, issuing an edition of Petrarch in a new and very compact italic. The book included a brief foreword from the printer, laying out the intenions and hopes for his new press. It is the only known text written by him. Fragments & Glimpses included an English translation; this book presents both the original Italian and the translation, on facing pages.