Il Lamento Di Cecco Da Varlungo Di Francesco Baldovini Colle Note D'orazio Marrini, Edizione Giusta Quella De Firenze Dell' Anno 1755, Con L'aggionta Di 25. Stanze Del Medesimo Autore Scritte A Francesco Redi (Binding, Embroidered) Baldovini, Francesco Sets & Fine Bindings

Engraved frontispiece portrait. lx, 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Embroidered arms of the Royal House of Austria. This edition of the Lamento de Cecco da Varlungo, an idyll written in Florentine dialect, is known for its critical apparatus and typography. In this edition of 1762, reprinted from the Florentine edition of 1755, twenty-five stanzas appear for the first time. In contemporary binding of Italian white silk, the sides embroidered with gold thread in an ornamental pattern framing on the upper cover the arms of a member of the Royal House of Austria in gold, blue, and black threads; and, on the rear, a floral design of gilt thread; with stunning endpapers of gold foil printed with a design of hounds and stags in a forest; all edges gilt. Albeit worn and somewhat faded, a very interesting example of an Italian embroidered binding of the mid-18th century. Binding somewhat soiled, spine rubbed, colors faded Engraved frontispiece portrait. lx, 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo