VARCHI, Benedetto (1503-1565) - I sonetti. Venice: Plinio Pietrasanta, 1555.   Second edition of this poetic collection by the renowned Florentine writer. The first edition was published in the same year by Lorenzo Torrentino.   8vo (146 x 94mm). Printer's device on title, woodcut initials and headpieces (without final two blanks, upper corner of title restored, some light marginal waterstaining, some light foxing and browning). 18th-century speckled calf, title on label and gilt decorations on spine, red edges, marbled endpapers (spine restored with minimal chipping, some wormtracks on the rear cover). Provenance: De Sin Algorou? (ownership inscription on title).

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