FRANCESCO DA BOLOGNA'S FOREWORD TO CANZONIERE ET TRIOMPHI DI MESSER FRANCESCO PETRARCHA, 1516
- SIGNED cased in thin boards covered with metallic blue paper, paper spine label
- Vancouver, B.C., Canada: HM-Van, 2020
Vancouver, B.C., Canada: HM-Van, 2020. cased in thin boards covered with metallic blue paper, paper spine label. Heavenly Monkey. 8vo. cased in thin boards covered with metallic blue paper, paper spine label. (6) pages. Limited to 30 numbered copies printed by Rollin Milroy of Heavenly Monkey. A fine copy. Set in Cancelleresca Bastarda and printed with a Pratt-Albion foolscap handpress on dampened Richard de Bas paper.
In 1516 the type cutter Francesco Griffo turned his hand to publishing, issuing an edition of Petrarch in a new and very compact italic. The book included a brief foreword from the printer, laying out the intenions and hopes for his new press. It is the only known text written by him. Fragments & Glimpses included an English translation; this book presents both the original Italian and the translation, on facing pages.
In 1516 the type cutter Francesco Griffo turned his hand to publishing, issuing an edition of Petrarch in a new and very compact italic. The book included a brief foreword from the printer, laying out the intenions and hopes for his new press. It is the only known text written by him. Fragments & Glimpses included an English translation; this book presents both the original Italian and the translation, on facing pages.