1621 Pastor Fido Guarini Italian Pastoral Arcadia Faithful Shepherd Illustrated

1621 Pastor Fido Guarini Italian Pastoral Arcadia Faithful Shepherd Illustrated

Battista Guarini was a 16^th-century Italian poet most known for his work ‘Il Pastor Fido.’ First published in 1590, ‘Il Pastor Fido,’ or ‘The Faithful Shepherd,’ is a tragicomedy set in Arcadia written with pastoral themes. This 1621 Italian edition was published in Venice and features impressive, woodcut engravings, as well as new added ‘rhymes’.

Item number: #27039

Price: $695

GUARINI, Giovanni Battista

Il pastor fido : tragicomedia pastorale del molto illustre

In Venetia: Appresso Giouan Battista Ciotti, 1621.

Details:

• Collation:
  • Il Pastor Fido – [6], 198 (i.e., 298)
    • Six full-page woodcuts
  • Rime del Molto – [8], 207-189-329 (i.e., 359), [7]
• Provenance: Bookplate – Johannis Petri Adolfi Erman
• Language: Italian
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~8in X 6in (20.5cm x 15cm)

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