Il Peregrino / di M. Giacopo Cauicaeo da Parma ; nuouamente con somma diligenze reuisto, & ristampato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caviceo, Jacopo, 1443-1511, author.

Contributor:

Anselmo, Giorgio, 1459-1528, writer of supplementary textual content.

Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519, dedicatee.

Nicolini da Sabbio, Pietro, printer.

Julia G.Haney Fund.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Italian literature--16th century--Early works to 1800.

Italian literature.

Romances, Italian--Early works to 1800.

Romances, Italian.

Man-woman relationships--Fiction--Early works to 1800.

Man-woman relationships.

Travel--Fiction--Early works to 1800.

Travel.

Penn Provenance:

Howard, Albert A., -2017 (bookplate) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 271, [1] leaves (last leaf blank) ; 15 cm (8vo)

Edition:

[Variant edition?]

Other Title:

Libro del Peregrino : nuouamente ristampato, e con somma diligenza corretto, et alla sua pristina integrita ridotto

Fingerprint:

dida i-2. n-ca sofa (3) 1538 (R)

Place of Publication:

In Vinegia : Nelle Case de Pietro di Nicolini da Sabbio, Ne gl' anni del Signore. M. D. XXXVIII. A di. XXVI. di Settembrio [26 September 1538]

Notes:

Possibly a variant edition of 1538 or a later mixed copy containing sheets from the 1547 edition and/or another edition.

Fingerprint matches that of the 1547 edition recorded in EDIT 16 (CNCE 10610), not that of the 1538 edition (CNCE 10609).

Caption title on leaf A1r reads: Libro del Peregrino nvovamente ristampato, e con somma diligenza corretto, et alla sva pristina integrita ridotto.

Imprint from colophon on leaf 2L7v, which reads: In Vinegia. Nelle Case de Pietro di Nicolini da Sabbio, Ne gl' anni del Signore. M. D. XXXVIII. A di. XXVI. di Settembrio. Dominante l'Incito Prencipe Andrea Gritti.

Signatures: *⁸ A-Z⁸ AA-LL⁸.

Leaf LL8 is blank. Leaf N4 is signed "O iiij".

Register on leaf LL7v.

Signature marks of gatherings * and D-H use terminal j in numeration. Signature marks of gatherings A, C, K-L, O-V, Y-Z, BB-DD and FF use terminal i in numeration. Signature marks of remaining gatherings use a mixture of both: B, I, X, AA, EE, and GG-LL have terminal j on leaf 2 and terminal i on leaves 3-4; M has terminal j on leaves 2 and 4 and terminal I on leaf 3; N has terminal j on leaves 3-4 and terminal i on leaf 2.

Catchword on verso of last leaf of each gathering except leaf *8v ; direction line ("Peregri.") on first leaf of each gathering except title leaf and leaf A1r.

Errors in foliation: folios 18, 24, 29, 66, 126 and 128 numbered 81, 34, 9, 69, 128 and 126, respectively.

Title within architectural woodcut border. Large woodcut illustration (105 x 80 mm) on leaf A1r of a standing male figure in a loincloth in front of a tree between two satyrs (the one on the right playing a stringed instrument, the one on the left a horn); above his head a banderole with motto: ANCORA SPERO SOLVER ME; beneath his feet: [crossed P] AMOR; at top left of illustration a face within the horns of a crescent moon and at top right a putto with bow and arrow; top left a face within the horns of a crescent moon. Small woodcut illustration (47 x 68 mm) on leaf A3r of a female figure (captioned: VIOLĀTE) receiving a letter(?) from the hand of a male figure dressed as a pilgrim (captioned: PEREGR) in a room with a window; illustration signed in lower right corner with a symbol and the letters RF. Small woodcut illustration (46 x 68 mm) on leaf O6r of two male figures, the one on the left dressed as a pilgrim, walking in a hilly landscape with caption: PEREGR IN HACATE. Small woodcut illustration (47 x 69 mm) on leaf Y4v of 2 male figures, one dressed as a pilgrim, seated facing each other in chairs in a room with a glass window with captions THEODORO (bottom left of illustration) and PEREGRIN (top right of illustration).

Initial spaces with guide letters on leaves *1v (P), A3r (B), I1v (g), L3v (g), L5v (g), O4v (l), O6r (G), Y4v (C), AA2v (g), AA6r (g), BB6r (g), HH1v (g), HH5v (g) and KK5v (V).

Includes Caviceo's preface addressed to Lucrezia Borgia, duchess of Ferrara, on leaves A1v-A2v.

"Vita del Giacopo Caviceo, per Georgio Anselmo al R. Messer Priamo di Pepoli.": Leaves KK5v-LL5v.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy has early manuscript notes on front free endpaper and following blank leaf; a few early manuscript marginal marks in text.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Julia G.Haney Fund.

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2021 from The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company.

Kislak Center copy has bookplate of Albert A. Howard ("AHA") affixed to back pastedown.

Kislak Center copy has 2 printed paper slips, each with bookseller's description of this copy, affixed to front pastedown.

Kislak Center copy: binding: "19th-century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped olive morocco title-lable and gilt-tooled bands, all page edges speckled in brown; binding rubbed and worn, joints cracked but holding."--Bookseller's description.

OCLC:

1304259529