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SANNAZARO, Jacopo. Jacobi, sive Actii Synceri Sannazarii, ... Poemata ex antiquis editionibus accuratissime descripta. Accessit ejusdem vita, Jo. Antonio Vulpio auctore; item Gabrielis Altilii et Honorati Fascitelli carmina quae exstant. Editio altera, priore locupletior. Patavii: excudebat Josephus Cominus, 1731 4to; 260x190 mm. Coeval hardback binding in rustic style. Pp. (10, incl Antip.), LII, 303; [1, with colophon and xyl. mark]; Orn. initials, xyl. headpieces and endpapers; Portrait in oval of the author on the antiporta, typographical enterprise at title, medal with portrait at the head of the "Life" written by J. A. Volpi, all copper-engraved. Perfect condition, wide margins, copy intact. Rare figured cominiana. Highly esteemed edition, including the "De partu Virginis," the second of Sannazzaro's major Latin works, the 5 Piscatory Eglogues, the "Salices," the three books of Elegies collecting youthful poems, the three books of Epigrams, polemical compositions against Poliziano, the Borgias and Leo X, and some Carmi by illustrious poets concerning Sannazaro.Jacopo Sannazaro (Naples, 1457 - 1530) was a pupil in the second half of the 1470s of Giuniano Maio and Luca Grasso in Naples. He joined the Accademia Pontaniana, gathered around the humanist Giovanni Pontano, taking the classicizing pseudonym of Actius Syncerus. He soon became famous as a poet and was received at court, obtaining Villa Mergellina, near Naples, as a country residence from Frederick of Aragon. When his patron Frederick was forced to take refuge in France in 1501 he was accompanied by Sannazaro, who did not return to Italy until the king's death (1504). Volpi, p. 499: "this edition is also rare." 4to; 260x190 mm. Contemporary sewing binding. Pp. (10, including frontispiece), LII, 303; [1, with colophon and woodcut printer's device]; Adorned initial letters, woodcut headpieces and endpieces; Oval portrait of the author on the frontispiece, printer's device on the titlepage, medal with portrait at the head of the "Life" written by J. A. Volpi, all copper-engraved. Perfect condition, wide margins, uncut copy. Rare illustrated Cominiana. Esteemed edition, which includes the "De partu Virginis," the second of Sannazzaro's major Latin works, the 5 Piscatory Eglogues, the "Salices," the three books of Elegies that collect the youthful poems, the three books of Epigrams, polemical compositions against Poliziano, the Borgias and Leone X, and some Carmi by illustrious poets concerning Sannazzaro.Jacopo Sannazaro (Naples, 1457 - 1530) was a pupil of Giuniano Maio and Luca Grasso in Naples in the second half of the 1470s. He joined the Accademia Pontaniana, gathered around the humanist Giovanni Pontano, taking the classicizing pseudonym of Actius Syncerus. He soon became famous as a poet and was received at court, receiving Villa Mergellina, near Naples, as a country residence from Frederick of Aragon. When his patron Frederick was forced to take refuge in France in 1501, he was accompanied by Sannazaro, who did not return to Italy before the king's death (1504). Volpi p. 499: 'this edition is also rare'.

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