Bartolomeo Cavalcanti; Pio Portinaio. LA RETORICA DI M BARTOLOMEO CAVALCANTI, GENTILHUOMO FIORENTINO. Venice: Appresso Camillo, e Francesco Franceschini fratelli, 1574. Modern green boards, leather label with gilt on spine. 4to; *4 A-2N8 (2N8 blank); [8], 571, [5]pp. Italic type; text in Italian. With annotations by Pio Portinaio, printer's device on title page, woodcut ornaments, head-pieces, and initials. Edit16 10439; USTC 821283.

8 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Bartolomeo Cavalcanti (1503-1562) was a Florentine scholar and nobleman.

Boards scuffed with edgewear, corners heavily rubbed, joints rubbed with cracking at head and tail, spine slightly cocked and with closed tears at head; stamp and small area of insect(?) damage at title page, cracking at hinge before book one; pages lightly toned with occasional fraying or small tear, wormhole at hinge, small stain, marginalia and underlining; frequent damp staining, corner insect damage at 2F8-2I5.