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Francesco Petrarca. Il Petrarca. Venice: House of Aldus Manutius, 1546.
- Title:
- Francesco Petrarca. Il Petrarca. Venice: House of Aldus Manutius, 1546.
- Collection:
- Images from the Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
- Date:
- 1546
- ID Number:
- REX007_0122
- Catalog Record:
- 3385055
- File Name:
- REX007_0122.tif
- Work Type:
- prints (visual works)
- Subject:
- Books
- Description:
- The colophon records the publication of this edition “Nelle case de’figliuoli di Aldo” (“in the house of Aldo’s sons”). This is the fifth and final Aldine edition published by the great Renaissance printing house in Venice. Several editions of Petrarch’s Italian poetry are titled simply The Petrarch, the poet’s name summarizing succinctly the resonance of his verse throughout the Renaissance.
- Source:
- Il Petrarca.
- Bibliography:
- Title Page
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Petrarch
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- Presumed to be in the public domain because of creation date.
