[T.p.] - Ai Lettori - [Earlier dedications &c.] - [Text] - Tre Lezioni Sorpa Le Rime Di Michelagnolo Buonarroti (by M. Guiducci, B. Varchi) - Lettere Di Michelagnolo Buonarroti Seniore - Note - Giunta Di Rime Inedite - Indice Delle Rime - Errori ... - Imprimatur.
Responsibility Note
The decorations are unsigned.
References
S. Ferino Pagden, Vittoria Colonna [exhibition catalogue] (1997); R. Mollaretti Nobbio, Vittoria Colonna e Michelangelo (1990); Michelangelo, Complete poems and selected letters, ed. and tr. C. Gilbert (1980); C.L. Frommel, Michelangelo und Tommaso dei Cavalieri (1979); U. Bosco, Michelangelo poeta: conferenza (1975); E.N. Girardi, Studi sulle rime di Michelangelo (1964).
L. Mendelsohn, Paragoni: Benedetto Varchi's 'Due Lezzioni' and cinquecento art theory (1982).
Summary Note
The book is decorated with a woodcut title-page vignette and emblematic head- and tail-pieces.
Provenance
A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Library by M.W. Turner R.A.' The presentation is recorded in RAA Council Minutes, X, 1846 March 18. The title-page is inscribed in ink, 'M.W. Turner'.
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, green cloth-covered boards; red morocco spine-label lettered 'Le Rime Di Michelagnolo Buonarroti', spine lettered 'R.A.' and 'Roma 1817'.