Annibal Caro. RIME DEL COMMENDATORE. Venice: Appresso Aldo Manutio, 1572. Second edition. Quarter calf over marbled paper boards, all edges speckled, marbled endpapers, pink bookmark ribbon. 4to; *4 B-P4 (O4v blank); [8], 103, [9]pp. Italic type; text in Italian. With printer's device on title page, woodcut ornaments and initials. Edit16 9650; USTC 819047.

8 x 5 3/4 in.

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

Annibale Caro (Italian, 1507-1566) was an author and translator who worked primarily in Rome and Florence. He is best known for his poetry, comedies, and his translation of the Aeneid.

Boards with fading and staining, corners bumped and bent, significant edgewear, joints with slight cracking, tiny wormholes along spine and joints, leather losses along the spine especially at head; slight fading and wear at marbled endpapers, pages with toning, foxing, occasional grime, offsetting, small wormholes, and stains; C3 and C4 stuck together at one corner; slight waviness at page edges and upper margin cut close; several areas of restoration including on title page, *4, and H2. An overall about good, complete copy.