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Li sonetti, canzoni et triomphi

Illustrated by: Zoan Andrea (Italian, about 1475–1519 or later)
Author: Petrarch (Italian, 1304–1374)
Printer: Melchiorre Sessa (Italian, active 1506–1549)
1526
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with six woodcuts
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 10.5 x 2.8 cm (6 x 4 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number46.1259
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Melchiorre Sessa, 1526

Catalogue Raisonné Sander 5629; Essling 93
Description(Venice: Melchiorre Sessa, 1526) Octavo; 204 leaves; contemporary stiff vellum, red cloth box.

Illustrations: six woodcuts of the triumphs (fols. 142v, 155v,159v, 166v, 175v, & 178v).
ProvenanceMarc Antonio Cornali [?--inscription facing title]; P. Ranshaw [inscr. front pastedown]; Sotheby's sale 9/11/43 [?--inscr. front pastedown]; Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, London (Cat. 97, no. 379), from whom purchased by MFA, December 12. 1946.