Il Petrarca
By: colla spositione di Misser Giovanni Andrea Gesvaldo. Alla illvstriss. Signora Donna Maria di Carcona la Signora marchesana de la Palvde
Contributors: Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374; Gesualdo, Giovanni Andrea, active 16th century; Nicolini da Sabbio, Giovanni Antonio, printer
Publisher: Giouann'Antonio di Nicolini & fratelli da Sabbio
Published: 1533
Place of publication: Vinegia
Language: ita
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: 1533
Work titles: Rime
Notes: First Gesualdo edition.

Colophon (l. [80a]): Stampato in Vinegia per Giouann'Antonio di Nicolini & fratelli da Sabbio, nel anno di Nostro Signore MDXXXIII del mese di Luglio.

Signatures: a-c (last leaf blank) A-Z. AA-ZZ, AAA-BBB, aa-ii, KK, +4.

Preliminary matter: dedication to the marchesana de la Paluda, life of Petrarch (35 p.), with a six-page list of the passages from Petrarch's writings on which the biography is based.

Part 2 of the Canzoniere, beginning with the sonnet "Oime il bel viso," has a second dedicatory letter.

The supplementary matter follows the table of the Sonetti.

"Triomphi" (with half-title): [80] leaves at end.

Leaves CCLVIII-CCLXIII missing and replaced with manuscript.

Autograph signatures of Cuthbert Tonstall and Nucholas Lanier on the title-page.

Fowler, M. Petrarch, p. 95, Pet N 533a