1535 ALDINE PRESS JACOPO SANNAZARO OPERA antique POST-INCUNABULA POETRY

SANNAZARO, Giacomo (1456-1530) Opera omnia, latine scripta. Venice: biblioteca aldina; 1535Aldine device to title page and colophon (repair at base of title page with loss of printed date). Full leather binding with gilt title and decoration to spine , spine with raised bands, marbled endpapersSize 4 by 6 1/4 inches105 lvs. (210 pp.)Text in Latin===============Jacopo Sannazaro (1458 – 1530) was an Italian poet, humanist, member and head of the Accademia Pontaniana from Naples.He wrote easily in Latin, in Italian and in Neapolitan, but is best remembered for his humanist classic Arcadia, a masterwork that illustrated the possibilities of poetical prose in Italian, and instituted the theme of Arcadia, representing an idyllic land, in European literature.Sannazaro's elegant style was the inspiration for much courtly literature of the 16th century, including Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia.================Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 10