104 - Petrarch, Francesco. *Il Petrarcha con l'espotione d'Alessandro Vellutello*. Venice, Zanetti, 1538. An important 16th-century edition of the *Canzoniere* and the *Trionfi*

Petrarch, Francesco. *Il Petrarcha con l'espotione d'Alessandro Vellutello*. Venice, Zanetti, 1538. An important 16th-century edition of the *Canzoniere* and the *Trionfi* Petrarch, Francesco. *Il Petrarcha* with an exposition by Alessandro Vellutello. Venice, Zanetti, 1538. Quarto (210 x 140 mm); [8], 160, [44] leaves. Woodcut portrait of the author on the title page, double-page map of Vaucluse (stains, tear and restoration on folio 160, scattered foxing and discoloration). Contemporary full-parchment binding with handwritten title on the spine (with some small defects). Venetian edition of Alessandro Vellutello’s famous commentary on Petrarch’s *Canzoniere* and *Trionfi*. The first edition, published in 1525, introduced the evocative map of Valchiusa—reproduced in this edition—which depicts the surroundings of Avignon, a place linked to the poetic tale of Laura and to Petrarch’s legacy. Important sixteenth-century edition of the *Canzoniere* and the *Trionfi*