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ITALIAN BOOKS.
[.Padua; 1472.
827. Petrarcha. Sonetti e Trionei. Printed
by Martinus de Septern Mrhoribus. Padua. 1472.
Folio.
Seconda Edxzxone : of extreme rarity and value.
the first leaf begins the table, thus :
On the recto of
A piedi colli dela bella uesta a Ca
iii.
A qualunclia animal chalberga Iterra
vi.
A mor piangeua 8c io co lui tal uolta
X.
A pollo se ancor uiue el bel desio
xv.
A mor cum sue promese lusengando
XXXV.
A i bella liberta come tu mai
xli.
A uenturoso piu chaltro terreno
xlv.
The table ends on the recto of the eighth leaf: ‘ Explicit Tabvla/
On the reverse of the same leaf, we have an interesting memoi’andum
of Petrarch, concerning Laura’s life, &c.; which, as it, does not occur in
the fii’st edition, shall find a place in the note below.*
On the recto of the following, and 9th leaf, the first sonnet is printed
wholly in capital letters : thirty lines. The Sonnets occupy 138 leaves.
On the recto of tlie 13Sth :
t ' [L]avba propriis Yirtutibus illustris & meis logu celebrata carminibus primum
oculis meis apparuit sub primum adolescetiz meie tempus Anno Domini .M.CCC.XXVII.
die vi. aprilis in eclesia sacta: clarse auinioni iiora matutina. & in eade ciuitate eode mese
aprilis. eode die sexto. eade bora. matutina Anno aut domi M.CCC.XLVII. ab hac luce lux
illa subtracta. cii ego forte Verone essem heu fati mei nescius. Rumor aut ifelix per litteras
Ludouici mei me repit anno eodemense maio die xviiii. mane. Corpus illud castissimum ac
pulcherrimum in locum fratrum minorum repositum ipso die mortis aduesperam Anima quide
eius ut de affricano ait Senecca i crelum unde erat rediisse mihi persuadeo. Ha:c uute ad
acerba rei memoria amara quadam dulcedine scribere uisu e. Hoc potissimu loco. qui saepe
sub oculis meis rcdiit. ut cogitem nihil esse debere, quod amplius milii placeat i hac uita, &
effracto maiori laqueo tempus esse de babilone fugiendi Crebra horum inspectione ac fugacis-
simae setatis extimatione connnouear. quod praeuia dci gratia: facile erit prateriti temporis
curas superuacuas : spes iuanes. & inexpectatos exitus acriter ac uiriliter cogitanti.’
Vv Te learn frora the Venetian edition, supposed to have' been printed by Jenson, in 1473,
that this memorandum of Petrarch was written by liim in a MS. volume of Virgil in tbe
Pope’s library : vide post.
ITALIAN BOOKS.
[.Padua; 1472.
827. Petrarcha. Sonetti e Trionei. Printed
by Martinus de Septern Mrhoribus. Padua. 1472.
Folio.
Seconda Edxzxone : of extreme rarity and value.
the first leaf begins the table, thus :
On the recto of
A piedi colli dela bella uesta a Ca
iii.
A qualunclia animal chalberga Iterra
vi.
A mor piangeua 8c io co lui tal uolta
X.
A pollo se ancor uiue el bel desio
xv.
A mor cum sue promese lusengando
XXXV.
A i bella liberta come tu mai
xli.
A uenturoso piu chaltro terreno
xlv.
The table ends on the recto of the eighth leaf: ‘ Explicit Tabvla/
On the reverse of the same leaf, we have an interesting memoi’andum
of Petrarch, concerning Laura’s life, &c.; which, as it, does not occur in
the fii’st edition, shall find a place in the note below.*
On the recto of the following, and 9th leaf, the first sonnet is printed
wholly in capital letters : thirty lines. The Sonnets occupy 138 leaves.
On the recto of tlie 13Sth :
t ' [L]avba propriis Yirtutibus illustris & meis logu celebrata carminibus primum
oculis meis apparuit sub primum adolescetiz meie tempus Anno Domini .M.CCC.XXVII.
die vi. aprilis in eclesia sacta: clarse auinioni iiora matutina. & in eade ciuitate eode mese
aprilis. eode die sexto. eade bora. matutina Anno aut domi M.CCC.XLVII. ab hac luce lux
illa subtracta. cii ego forte Verone essem heu fati mei nescius. Rumor aut ifelix per litteras
Ludouici mei me repit anno eodemense maio die xviiii. mane. Corpus illud castissimum ac
pulcherrimum in locum fratrum minorum repositum ipso die mortis aduesperam Anima quide
eius ut de affricano ait Senecca i crelum unde erat rediisse mihi persuadeo. Ha:c uute ad
acerba rei memoria amara quadam dulcedine scribere uisu e. Hoc potissimu loco. qui saepe
sub oculis meis rcdiit. ut cogitem nihil esse debere, quod amplius milii placeat i hac uita, &
effracto maiori laqueo tempus esse de babilone fugiendi Crebra horum inspectione ac fugacis-
simae setatis extimatione connnouear. quod praeuia dci gratia: facile erit prateriti temporis
curas superuacuas : spes iuanes. & inexpectatos exitus acriter ac uiriliter cogitanti.’
Vv Te learn frora the Venetian edition, supposed to have' been printed by Jenson, in 1473,
that this memorandum of Petrarch was written by liim in a MS. volume of Virgil in tbe
Pope’s library : vide post.