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[ALESSANDRI, Baldassarre Olimpo]. Olimpia d'amore. Opera nella quale si contiene diverse serenate, capitoli, sonetti, madrigali e partenze.

Pavia, per Giacomo Ardizzoni & Gio. Battista Rossi., 1613.

Octavo (135×91mm). Text in Italic type. Woodcut of a crowned heart on title-page. Some minor foxing, else a very good, unsophisticated copy in its contemporary paperboards.

The only known copy of this edition. Baldassarre Olimpo Alessandri (c. 1486– c. 1540) was a Franciscan friar and the author of religious works, but also wrote Petrarchan love poetry in vernacular. His first collection of poems, the Olimpia, was frequently reprinted throughout the XVI century. The present edition is not known to OPAC and is not recorded in any public institution.

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