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85 - Pontano, Giovanni. This volume contains the following works: *Parthenopei libri duo*; *De amore coniugali tres*; *De tumulis duo*… Naples, Mayr, 1505., A rare posthumous edition of Pontano’s works
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Pontano, Giovanni. This volume contains the following works: *Parthenopei libri duo*; *De amore coniugali tres*; *De tumulis duo*… Naples, Mayr, 1505., A rare posthumous edition of Pontano’s works Pontano, Giovanni. This volume contains the following works: *Parthenopei libri duo*; *De amore coniugali tres*; *De tumulis duo*… Naples, Mayr, 1505. Folio (280 x 198 mm); [148] leaves. Roman type, 40 lines per page (stains, a few woodworm holes in the white margins, spots on the first few leaves.) Elegant late 18th-century binding in the neoclassical style, with frames featuring fleurons at the corners on the covers, a smooth spine with a green label for the title, and gilded decoration (woodworm holes on the upper cover). This large-format edition constitutes the first volume of Pontano’s *Opera omnia*, published posthumously in Naples in 1505 under the supervision of Pietro Summonte. At the center of the volume is the *De laudibus divinis*. The title page lists the works contained within and introduces Summonte’s prefatory letter to Sannazaro, in which the editor explains the genesis and plan of the edition. The final pages also include the errata and a reference to the privilege granted in the Kingdom of Naples. Rare posthumous edition of Pontano’s works
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