1548 1st ed Gyrone il Cortese Luigi Alamanni Italian Chivalry Romance Poetry

1548 1^st ed Gyrone il Cortese Luigi Alamanni Italian Chivalry Romance Poetry

EXTREMELY RARE Chanson de Geste Literature

An incredibly rare and valuable first edition of Luigi Alamanni’s famous romance poem “Girone il Cortese”. This poem is said to have begun writing this poem at the request of Francis I. The romantic nature and style of this Italian poem made it extremely popular during its day. Alamanni took an existing French poem with a similar title and made very few changes from the original French but made the style his own. This book includes 24 shorter sections on chivalry.

Item number: #947

Price: $ 1950

ALAMANNI, Luigi

Gyrone il Cortese di Luigi Alamanni al christianissimo, et invittissimo re Arrigo Sécondo

Stampato in Parigi da Rinaldo Calderio, et Claudio suo figlivolo. Con privilegi, [1548]. First edition.

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: [8], 280
  • Signatures: a⁸-a-y⁸, z⁴
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• References: Adams A 414; Greswell, 250; Gamba n. 21. Razzolini p. 9-10. Melzi n. 746. Ferrario IV, pp. 230-1. Olschki, Choix XII, 18283.
  • Adams does not mention a 1548 edition, the first being 1549
• Language: Italian
• Size: ~8.75in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm)

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