STROZZI Ercole Strozii poetae pater et filius.

Renouard, p.65, n°10; Schwerdt, II, p230 ; Thiébaud, 860.

First edition. Vespasiano Strozzi (1422-1505) and his son Ercole, of the Strozzi, were attached to the Court of the Dukes of Ferrara. The first part of the famous collection is dedicated to Lucrecia Borgia, and contains various poems by Ercole on hunting, friendship, love or mythology. The work also contains several eulogies including the one by Aldus Manutius on the premature death of Ercole in 1508. The second part, dedicated to Ercole d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, unites works by Tito Vespasiano : Eroticon, Aelostichon, and other delicate poetry, inspired by Petrarca and other latinistes.

“Édition originale, elle est rare. Le poème sur la chasse occupe les ff.14 à 30 de la première partie” (Thiébaud).

Provenance : D. Jeannin (16th century signature and note) – Charles Edward Fortnam (book plate) – M. Summers (signature dated 1900).