Notes on Petrarch manuscripts and editions, 1800s.

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Notes on Petrarch manuscripts and editions, 1800s.

Manuscript notes, nos.1-5 of 8 manuscripts housed in a single cloth case. Includes: no. 1. a note by Alberto Capilupi on Petrarch manuscripts and editions in his collection in Mantua; 2. a note by Putelli (probably Giuseppe-Giacomo Putelli) on Petrarch manuscripts and editions in the Biblioteca communale of Mantua; 3. a manuscript copy of a letter from Lorenzo da Pavia to Isabella d'Este, marchesa di Mantova, which discusses the 1501 Aldine edition of Petrarch; 3a. A letter from S. Arrivabene to Willard Fiske, describing the group of manuscripts he was sending him; 4. a French version of the same letter, copied by hand from A.F. Didot, Alde Manuce, p. 170-171; and 5. notes on the Paganini and the Comino editions of Petrarch's Rime by Ferdinando Negri (two items).

7 items (12 leaves) ; 22-32 cm.

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Cornell University Library

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Biblioteca comunale di Mantova

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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

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Francesco Petrarca (b. July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Italy–d. July 19, 1374, Arquà, Italy), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of Renaissance Italy who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch stduied law at the University of Montpell...

Negri, Ferdinando.

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Lorenzo, da Pavia, -approximately 1517

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Putelli, Giuseppe-Giacomo.

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Capilupi, Alberto, marchese.

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