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MEDICI (Lorenzo de) Poesie Volgari, first edition 1554, small 8vo (149 x 90mm), lacking 4 leaves O5-O8 as is usual for this edition, anchor device to title and final leaf, lacking 2C7-8 at end (errata?), though 2C7 in this copy is blank; (as noted by Renouard 'Presque tous les exemplaires sont mutilés de cinq chansons (Canzoni) dans la feuille O'), bound in 19th century red morocco gilt, aeg. Note: the scarce first edition of Lorenzo de' Medici's poems and poetic commentary. 'Lorenzo the Magnificent' was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists (including Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Michaelangelo Buonarotti), and poets.

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