Sold for:
$1,353
$1,353
Giraldi, Lilio Gregorio (1479-1552) Operum Quae Extant Omnium . Basel: Guarinum, 1580. Folio, two volumes, contemporary Italian limp parchment, loss to parchment, foot of one spine, occasional spotting to contents. Giraldi, a native of Ferrara, received a classical education in its schools, and also studied at the academy in Naples. He describes the vernacular and neo-Latin poetry of hundreds of his contemporaries, preserving much valuable and ephemeral knowledge of 15th and 16th century European literature.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
