Lot 565
Guarini, Giambattista
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
£384
Description
Il segretario. Venice: Roberto Megietti, 1594, first edition, 4to, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and ornaments, with final blank Aa2, contemporary vellum, marginal repair to last leaf, tear to vellum repaired
Footnote
Note:Guarini's literary reputation is almost entirely based upon his "Pastor Fido" (The Faithful Shepherd), a Iyrical pastoral drama written to rival the "Aminta" of his friend and contemporary, Tasso. Adams G1432