Delle lettere [...] a Sommi Pontefici, a Cardinali et ad altri Signori et persone Ecclesiastice, scritte. Primo[-secondo] volume. Con la giunta della Vitta del Bembo (together with:) Delle lettere [...] Terzo [-quarto] volume

di Pietro Bembo (Autore)

[Gualtiero Scotto], 1575

Four volumes bound in three. 8vo. (12), 13-381, (1), 2 blank pp. (A8-Z8, Aa8); 168 ll. (A-X8); (16), 432 pp. (*8, A-Dd8); (16), 268, 4 blank pp. (*8, A-R8). Gualtiero Scotto's device on the title-pages. Early 19th century vellum over boards, spines with gilt ornaments and gilt lettered labels, marbled endpapers. Ex libris Joannis de Bizzarro. Adams, B-595, B-596, B-591; Basso, pp. 132-134, 136; Braida, pp. 27-28; Edit 16, CNCE 5084 (I, II) and 5040 (III, IV); Index Aureliensis, 116.432 (III, IV); Quondam, pp. 288-289; P. Bembo, Lettere. Edizione critica, E. Travi, ed., (Bologna, 1987), I, pp. XLVII-XLVIII, L.   FIFTH EDITION of the first and second volumes and FIRST EDITION of the third and fourth volumes of Pietro Bembo's vernacular letters. In 1532 Bembo begun to collect and organize his correspondence, both Latin and Italian, for publication. He decided approximately to divide the Italian letters into two major categories: those addressed to men (arranged according Venetian and not Venetian) and those addressed to women. To his Latin epistolary (Epistolae familiares) he added the letters (also called Brevi) which he had wrote as secretary to Pope Leo X. The first collection to see the light was precisely the Petri Bembi Epistolarum Leonis Decimi Pontifici Max. nomine scriptarum libri sexdecim (Venice, 1535, see pp. xxx), which also remained the only edition of Bembo's letters published during his lifetime. In 1539, after his appointment as a cardinal, he abandoned the project to publish his correspondence, even though he continued to revise and correct the minutes until the end of his days. The prestige of his new position and the change in the Italian religious and political climate restrained him from divulging his private letters. For this reason he was very displeased seeing many of his youthful love letters published without his permission in the epistolaries issued by Paolo Manuzio (1541) and Paolo Gherardo (1544). After Bembo's death, Carlo Gualteruzzi, one of his two literary executors (the other one was Girolamo Quirino), took up the task of publishing Bembo's letters as faithful as possible to the will of the author. In 1548 Gualteruzzi obtained a fifteen-years privilege for ‘li quattro volumi di Lettere volgari'. In the same year he issued the first volume (Rome, Dorico), but, while respecting the general plan of the author, introduced many arbitrary changes. “[Bembo] non giunse mai ad una risoluzione definitiva del quando e come pubblicare le sue lettere. Di fatto intervenne di tanto in tanto a riordinare e a correggere, ma non compì mai una revisione definitiva, e morì senza aver lasciato una indicazione in proposito, affidandone l'attuazione all'arbitrio di coloro che egli nel testamento promosse a custodi dei suoi manoscritti. La stampa ebbe così inizio ad opera di Carlo Gualteruzzi, che vi incluse tutta la corrispondenza con il Bibbiena fino a quel momento estranea alle tre raccolte indicate, alle quali apportò per giunta mutamenti ed adattamenti formali di cui non è testimonianza nei manoscritti né si identifica la fonte. Così di un disegno rimasto aperto nella mente dell'autore egli fece un'opera chiusa e sua. Di fatto egli concluse quello che il Bembo aveva lasciato incompiuto e interrotto, così che nelle raccolte da lui pubblicate, né è presente tutto il patrimonio epistolare del Bembo, né noi siamo certi di quanto il Bembo vi avrebbe ancora voluto includere” (E. Travi, Introduzione, in: “P. Bembo, Lettere. Edizione critica”, Bologna, 1987, I, pp. IX-X). “Quanto poi al fatto che proprio il Gualteruzzi, e non gli altri commissari, abbia predisposto il primo volume ed i successivi, par probabile suggerire che ciò sia avvenuto perché presso di lui giacevano sicuramente i minutari, e, con ragionata deduzione, anche i codici intermedi e definitivi per la stampa, oltre che per l'ininterrotta sua frequentazione dell'autore” (E. Travi, Pietro Bembo e il suo epistolario: le edizioni, in: “Rendiconto dell'Istituto Lombardo”, Classe di Lettere, 106, 1972, p. 639). When the first volume of Bembo's Italian letters was reprinted by Gualtiero Scotto in 1552 (for the first time together with the other three volumes of letters), many other changes (mainly omissions, additions, and transpositions) were made, especially for political or religious reasons. Before Scotto's first complete four volume edition of Bembo's vernacular letters came out in 1552, a second volume had already appeared in an edition issued by Antonio Manuzio in 1550 under Gualteruzzi's supervision. This edition was reissued in 1551 by Scotto, who put his device on title-page, but maintained in the colophon Manuzio's name. For this reason in Scotto's four volume edition of 1552 the first two volumes bear the inscription “Seconda impressione”. In 1552 Scotto also published the ‘editio princeps' of Bembo's Epistolarum familiarum libri VI. In 1564 (Venice, Rampazetto) a kind of fifth book was eventually added, when Bembo's nephew Giovanni Matteo had the idea to divulge the letters addressed to him by his famous uncle for personal promotion. Scotto's 1575-edition (of which the first two volumes of the present set is composed) is an exact reprint of that of 1552 to which is added the Bembo's biography that Sansovino wrote for his 1560-edition of Bembo's letters. “Von der Bedeutung und den Befürchtungen vor den möglichen Konsequenzen, die mit der Publizierung eines Briefbuches in Zusammenhang gebracht wurden, zeugen die Überlegungen und das Zögern Bembos, seinen von ihm selegierten und nach mehreren libri di lettere aufgeteilten carteggio zu veröffentlichen, ein Korpus, das mehr als 2500 private Briefe umfasst. In einem auf den 28. November 1535 datierten Brief an Benedetto Varchi spricht Bembo von seinen Überlegungen zur Strukturierung seiner Briefbände: ‘Non ho ancora che dirvi della impression de' miei Brevi, e meno delle lettere volgari, ch'io sono stato travagliato da poi che io non vi vidi per altro conto. Ma potrete voi venendo qui veder e gli mie e l'altro, et io col vostro consiglio potrò meglio deliberar sopra esse'. Erst sieben Jahre später informiert Bembo seinen Neffen [Giovanni Matteo Bembo] über die Fertigstellung der libri di lettere, vobei er sich auf den Zeitpunkt der Publikation immer noch nicht festlegen will: ‘Le mie lettere non voglio che si stampino per niente a questi tempi, che non sono da ciò; saranno poi quando Dio vorrà ed io vel farò intendere. Proccurate solamente che non se ne stampi più alcuna, se pur alcuno volesse ciò fare, come ha fatto il Manuzio, benché di queste poche venute fuori con la impresa nuova, non importa' ”(C. Ortner-Buchberger, Briefe schreiben im 16. Jahrhundert. Formen und Funktionen des epistolaren Diskurses in den italienischen ‘libri di lettere', München, 2003, p. 9). The first volume is divided into twelve books and arranged hierarchically. It contains the letters addressed by Bembo to popes, cardinals, bishops, protonotaries and priests. In the first Roman edition, dedicated by the printers Dorico to Guido Ascanio Sforza (Roma, September 1, 1548), there are overall 230 letters. The 1552-Scotto's edition, while retaining the original dedication, presents many modifications. “D'abord des suppressions: ce sont dans le livre I les 5 premières lettres a Léon X, plus la ‘Proposta' faite par Bembo au gouvernement de Venise au nom du pape, et dans le livre II, les lettres 6 à 8; toutes traitent du même affaire, les dissensions entre la papauté et Venise en 1514 et 1515; mais ces lettres et ce document sont curieusement regroupés à la fin du volume sous les titres Il residuo del libro primo et Il residuo del libro secondo… Puis des additions: sont incluses 2 lettres dans le livre I avant la dernière lettre, à leur place chronologique, l'une à Paul III, l'autre à l'évêque de Ceneda (hiérarchiquement mal placée), 1 lettre dans le livre IV au cardinal Farnese à la 8e place, 3 lettres à la fin du livre VI au cardinal de Chypre datées du 29 août 1545 au 4 décembre 1546, 1 lettre à la fin du livre VII à l'évêque de Carpentras; toutes celles-ci sont à leur juste place” (J. Basso, Le genre épistolaire en langue italienne (1538-1662). Répertoire chronologique et analytique, Roma & Nancy, 1990, I, p. 133). The second volume, also divided into twelve books, counts 275 letters. It still bears Antonio Manuzio's undated dedication to Girolamo Quirino and is identical to the first 1550 edition. It contains letters addressed to Bembo's Venetian friends and acquaintances. The letters are grouped by recipients and then, within each group, are arranged chronologically over a period of about fifty years, from August 5, 1497 to August 20, 1546. The third volume, despite its second title (Lettere di M. Pietro Bembo a Principi et Signori et suoi famigliari amici scritte divise in dodici libri), has only eleven books containing a total of 341 letters, which are arranged chronologically over a period of about forty years, from August 3, 1503 to October 8, 1546. It is dedicated by Gualtero Scotto to cardinal Giulio della Rovere (Venezia, March 12, 1552). The fourth and final volume, dedicated by Scotto to Lisabetta Quirino (Venezia, March 15, 1552), “comprend 196 [recte 192] lettres divisées en 2 parties. La première contient 102 lettres, adressées à des femmes nommées, classées par destinataires dans un ordre à la fois chronologique (de 1503 à 1545) et hiérachique […] La seconde partie compte 94 [recte 90] Lettere giovenili, sans destinataires précises, en partie datées de 1500 à 1509. Dans un avis, Ai benigni Lettori, daté du 15 mars 1552, G. Scotto dit ne publier qu'à regret ces lettres de jeunesse déjà trop connues, pour éviter que d'autres ‘che non iscancellerebbono alcune cose che noi habbiamo cancellate' ne le fassent; ce sont des lettres d'amour” (J. Basso, op. cit., I, pp. 133-134).   (Volume I, Book I:) Leo X. Venezia, November 4, 1519 (p. 13) Clemens VII. Padova, November 21, 1523 (p. 14) id. Padova, January 31, 1526 (p. 15) id. Villa, March 20, 1526 (p. 16) id. Padova, April 3, 1526 (p. 16) id. Padova, March 4, 1530 (p. 18) id. Padova, March 10, 1530 (p. 18) id. Padova, April 7, 1530 (p. 19) id. Padova, March 2, 1532 (p. 21) id. Padova, March 16, 1532 (p. 22) id. Padova, February 12, 1533 (p. 23) id. Padova, October 13, 1533 (p. 24) Paul III. Venezia, December 28, 1538 (p. 24) id. Venezia, March 30 [recte 31], 1539 (p. 26) Grimani, Giovanni, Bishop of Ceneda. Padova, April 21, 1539 (p. 28) Paul III. Gubbio, February 23 [recte 22], 1544 (p. 29)   (Volume I, Book II:) Della Rovere, Galeotto. Gubbio, May 3, 1505 (p. 31) id. Venezia, July 21, 1505 (p. 33) id. Venezia, October 8, 1505 (p. 34) id. Urbino, January 7, 1506 (p. 36) Riario, Raffaele. Casteldurante (today Urbania), Febrary 6, 1507 (p. 38) [Bibbiena, Bernardo]. Ravenna, March 16, 1516 (p. 40) id. Roma, April 3, 1516 (p. 42) id. Roma, April 14, 1516 (p. 47) id. Roma, April 19, 1516 (p. 49) id. Roma, April 25, 1516 (p. 51) id. Roma, April 30, 1516 (p. 53) id. Roma, May 6, 1521 [1516] (p. 56) id. Roma, June 20, 1516 (p. 57) id. Roma, July 19, 1517 (p. 58) id. Roma, April 25, 1519 (p. 60) id. Venezia, July 20, 1519 (p. 62) id. Venezia, October 1, 1519 (p. 63) Armellino, Francesco. Villa, May 8, 1523 (p. 73) [Canisio], Egidio. Villa, May 15 [recte March 4], 1523 (p. 74) id. Villa, August 10, 1525 (p. 76) id. Padova, November 16, 1525 (p. 78) id. Venezia, April 3, 1526 (p. 79) id. Padova, February 12, 1527 (p. 80) id. Padova, December 22, 1531 (p. 82)   (Volume I, Book III:) Cibo, Innocenzo. Padova, June 10, 1524 [recte 1525] (p. 84) id. Villa, September 15, 1525 (p. 86) id. Padova, September 30, 1525 (p. 87) id. Padova, July 17, 1526 (p. 87) id. Venezia, February 27, 1529 (p. 89) Rangone, Ercole. Venezia, April 3, 1526 (p. 90) Pucci, Lorenzo. Venezia, April 3, 1526 (p. 91) id. Padova, June 6, 1528 (p. 92) id. Padova, June 12, 1528 (p. 93) Ridolfi, Nicolò. Padova, March 31, 1530 (p. 95) Colonna, Pompeo. [Padova], April 21, [1530] (p. 96) Medici, Ippolito de'. Padova, November 7, 1532 (p. 97) id. Padova, December [recte July] 6, 1532 (p. 98) id. Padova, September 12, 1533 (p. 99) Gonzaga, Ercole. Padova, September 6 [recte 4], 1525 [recte 1531] (p. 100) id. Venezia, March 9, 1539 (p. 101) id. Padova, May 6, 1539 (p. 101) Grimani, Marino. Venezia, September 16, 1532 (p. 103) id. Venezia, April 6, 1539 (p. 104) Corner, Francesco. Padova, June 14, 1533 (p. 105) [Schönberg, Nikolaus von]. Padova, May 14, 1535 (p. 105) Palmieri, Matteo. Padova, July 23, 1535 (p. 107) Campeggi, Lorenzo. Padova, July 13 [recte 18], 1537 (p. 108) Trivulzio, Agostino. Padova, July 20, 1537 (p. 109) [Lenoncourt, Robert], Legate to Avignon. Padova, August 20, 1537 (p. 110)   (Volume I, Book IV:) Farnese, Alessandro. Padova, October 4, 1537 (p. 111) id. Padova, November 11 [recte 10] , 1537 (p. 113) id. Venezia, December 28, 1538 (p. 115) id. Venezia, March 16, 1539 (p. 117) id. Venezia, March 31, 1539 (p. 119) id. Venezia, April 4, 1539 (p. 120) id. Padova, May 13, 1539 (p. 121) id. Padova, September 2, 1539 (p. 122) id. Roma, October 7, 1540 (p. 124) Sadoleto, Jacopo. Padova, December 26, 1537 (p. 125) id. Venezia, September 14, 1538 (p. 127) Pio, Rodolfo. Venezia, December 17 [recte 26], 1538 (p. 128) [Clesio, Bernardo]. Venezia, March 15, 1539 (p. 129) Contarini, Gasparo. Venezia, March 31, 1539 (p. 130) Ghinucci, Girolamo. Venezia, April 1, 1539 (p. 131) Filonardi, Ennio. Padova, May 29, 1539 (p. 131) Fregoso, Federico. Roma, December 20, 1539 (p. 133) id. Roma, January 2, 1540 (p. 134) id. Roma, January 3, 1540 (p. 136) Gaddi, Nicolò. Padova, June 7, 1539 (p. 136) id. Roma, December 22, 1540 (p. 139) id. Roma, December 5, 1541 (p. 140) Morone, Giovanni [Girolamo]. Roma, June 4, 1542 (p. 141) [Este], Ippolito d'. Roma, March 13, 1542 (p. 143) Sforza, Guido Ascanio. Gubbio, November 22, 1543 (p. 144)   (Volume I, Book V:) Fregoso, Federico. Villa, July 20, 1522 (p. 146) id. Villa, October 14, 1522 (p. 150) id. Roma, January 23 [recte 18], 1525 (p. 151) id. Bologna, December 22, 1529 (p. 153) id. Bologna, January 7, 1530 (p. 153) id. Padova, June 21, 1531 (p. 154) id. Padova, September 10, 1531 (p. 155) id. Padova, December 29, 1531 (p. 157) id. Padova, July 20, 1532 (p. 158) id. Padova, December 30, 1533 (p. 161) id. Villa, August 26, 1536 [recte 1534] (p. 163) id. Padova, October 31, 1534 (p. 164) id. Padova, January 10, 1535 (p. 166) id. Padova, April 29, 1539 (p. 167) id. Roma, October 26, 1539 (p. 168)   (Volume I, Book VI:) [Schomberg], Nicolaus [von]. Del Padovano, September 8, 1523 (p. 170) id. Padova, November 21, 1523 (p. 171) id. Venezia, April 3, 1526 (p. 172) id. Padova, June 22, 1531 (p. 173) id. Padova, May 10, 1533 (p. 174) id. Padova, December 20, 1533 (p. 175) Trofino, Felice. Roma, December 20, 1524 (p. 176) id. Villa, May 20, 1525 (p. 178) id. Villa, August 1, 1525 (p. 185) id. Padova, January 2, 1526 (p. 186) id. Venezia, April 3, 1526 (p. 188) id. Padova, December 5, 1526 (p. 189) Podocataro, Livio. Padova, November 22, 1531 (p. 191) id. Padova, November 25, 1531 (p. 191) id. Roma, August 29, 1545 (p. 193) id. Roma, October 9, 1546 (p. 194) id. Roma, December 4, 1546 (p. 195)   (Volume I, Book VII:) Giberti, Giovanni Matteo. Padova, December 15, 1523 (p. 196) id. Bologna, April 18, 1524 (p. 199) id. Villa, August 26, 1524 (p. 201) id. Padova, November 28, 1525 (p. 203) id. Padova, March 3, 1526 (p. 203) id. Villa, March 20, 1526 (p. 205) id. Villa, May 1, 1526 (p. 205) id. Padova, October 24, 1526 (p. 206) Accolti, Benedetto. Padova, December 11, 1523 (p. 207) id. Villa, August 1, 1525 (p. 208) id. Venezia, April 3, 1526 (p. 209) id. Padova, November 5, 1526 (p. 210) Sadoleto, Jacopo. Padova, February 15, 1524 (p. 210) id. Villa, May 24, 1525 (p. 211) id. Villa, July 3, 1525 (p. 212) id. Padova, November 28, 1525 (p. 213) id. Padova, April 3, 1526 (p. 215) id. Villa, April 6, 1526 (p. 216) id. Villa, June 28, 1526 (p. 217) id. Padova, January 28, 1533 (p. 218)   (Volume I, Book VIII:) Canossa, Ludovico. Villa, July 3, 1525 (p. 221) id. Villa, July 13 [recte 8], 1525 (p. 222) id. Padova, January 8, 1527 (p. 223) id. Padova, March 21, 1527 (p. 224) Campeggio, Tommaso. Villa, July 18, 1525 (p. 225) id. Venezia, April 3 [recte 4], 1539 (p. 226) Vigerio, Marco. Villa, August 29, 1525 (p. 227) id. Venezia, December 31, 1533 [recte 1538] (p. 227) id. Venezia, April 6, 1539 (p. 228) De Rossi, Bernardo. Padova, November 9, 1525 (p. 229) id. Venezia, April 3, 1526 (p. 230) Pucci, Antonio. Venezia, April 3, 1526 (p. 231) Lippomano, Pietro. Villa, May 8, 1525 [recte 1526] (p. 231) id. Venezia, February 22, 1538 (p. 232) Averoldi, Altobello. Villa, May 28, 1526 (p. 233) id. Padova, July 23, 1526 (p. 234) id. Padova, September 17, 1526 (p. 235)   (Volume I, Book IX:) Gambara, Uberto. Padova, March 28, 1529 (p. 238) id. Padova, June 11, 1529 (p. 239) id. Villa, July 5, 1530 (p. 241) id. Venezia, April 3, 1539 (p. 245) Giovio, Paolo. Padova, April 7, 1530 (p. 245) id. Villa, May 29, 1530 (p. 247) id. Padova, September 15, 1530 (p. 248) id. Venezia, March 31, 1539 (p. 251) Gheri, Cosimo. Padova, January 6, 1538 (p. 252) Broderico, Stefano. Padova, June 15, 1537 (p. 253) id. Padova, August 14, 1538 (p. 256) Corner, Andrea, Bishop of Brescia. Venezia, April 5, 1539 (p. 258) Madruzzo, Cristoforo. Padova, August 13, 1530 [recte 1539] (p. 260) Bongallo, Scipione. Roma, October 21, 1541 (p. 260)   (Volume I, Book X:) De Rossi, Giovanni Girolamo. Villa, June 22, 1525 (p. 262) id. Villa, September 25, 1525 (p. 263) id. Villa, June 5, 1521 [recte 1526] (p. 264) id. Padova, August 12, 1526 (p. 266) id. Villa, April 16, 1527 (p. 266) id. Padova, July 28, 1527 (p. 267) id. Padova, September 15, 1527 (p. 267) id. Villa, June 14, 1530 (p. 268) id. Padova, November 5 [i.e. 7], 1532 (p. 270) De' Migli, Girolamo. Padova, May 23, 1527 (p. 271) Casale, Giovanni Battista. Padova, May 25, 1527 (p. 273) Poggio, Giovanni. Venezia, November 27, 1533 [recte 1538] (p. 273) Lomellino, Antonio. Venezia, April 6, 1539 (p. 275) Sauli, Stefano. Gubbio, November 30, 1543 (p. 275)   (Volume I, Book XI:) [Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Philippe de], Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Venezia, May 13, 1524 (p. 277) id. Padova, February 26, 1527 (p. 278) id. Padova, May 3, 1528 (p. 279) id. Venezia, January 25, 1538 (p. 282) id. Padova, August 3, 1539 (p. 283) [Strozzi, Leone], Prior of Capua. Padova, February 26, 1527 (p. 285) Priore di Napoli (to the Prior of Naples). Padova, August 3, 1539 (p. 285, i.e. 286) Pandone, Carlo. Roma, October 18, 1520 (p. 286, i.e. 287) id. Padova, September 5 [recte 7], 1530 (p. 288) De' Martini, Benedetto. Villa, July 2, 1525 (p. 291) id. Padova, August 9, 1525 (p. 292) id. Padova, February 16 [recte 26], 1527 (p. 292) id. Padova, October 26 [recte 16], 1527 (p. 294) id. Padova, November 18, 1529 (p. 294) id. Padova, July 19, 1538 (p. 295) Milesi, Giovanni Antonio. Padova, February 26, 1527 (p. 296) id. Villa, June 22, 1529 (p. 296)   (Volume I, Book XII:) Michele Fiorentino. Urbino, May 5 [recte 6], 1507 (p. 299) [Avolta], Gabriele, General of Augustinian Hermits. Padova, April 24, 1526 (p. 302) id. Padova, October 9, 1526 (p. 303) id. Villa, September 21, 1527 (p. 304) id. Villa, November 10, 1527 (p. 305) id. Villa, June 25, 1524 [recte 1529] (p. 306) id. Padova, December 4, 1529 (p. 307) id. May 20, 1530 (p. 308) id. Villa, June 20, 1530 (p. 311) id. Villa, July 6, 1530 (p. 313) id. Padova, August 8, 1530 (p. 315) id. Padova, August 21, 1531 (p. 316) id. Padova, November 27, 1531 (p. 317) id. Padova, December 26, 1531 (p. 318) id. Padova, November 23, 1532 (p. 319) id. Padova, November 21, 1534 (p. 320) id. Padova, January 27, 1535 (p. 321) Grimani, [Giovanni]. Padova, October 12 [recte 11], 1534 (p. 323) id. Padova, September 25, 1539 (p. 324) Generale de Crocieri. Padova, January 21, 1532 (p. 325) Cortese, Gregorio, Abbot of San Benedetto in Mantua. Venezia, June 25, 1538 (p. 326) Basilio, Abbot of San Giorgio in Venice. Padova, September 23, 1539 (p. 328) Fascitello, Onorato. Padova, August 10, 1535 (p. 329) Al Presidente et a Diffinitori della Congregatione Cassinese a San Benedetto, nel Mantovano. Roma, July 20, 1542 (p. 331) Massolo, Lorenzo. Venezia, September 7, 1543 (p. 332)   (Volume I, Il residuo del libro primo:) Leo X. Venezia, December 6, 1514 (p. 334) Proposta di M. Pietro Bembo al Prencipe M. Leonardo Loredano et alla Sign. di Vineg. per nome di Papa Leone X (Bembo's proposal to the Prince Leonardo Loredan and to the Republic of Venice on behalf of Pope Leo X). (p. 337) Leo X. Venezia, December 12 [recte 11], 1514 (p. 363) id. Venezia, December 15, 1514 (p. 367) id. Venezia, December 18, 1514 (p. 369) id. Venezia, December 19, 1514 (p. 373)   (Volume I, Il residuo del libro secondo:) Medici, Giulio de' and Bibbiena, Bernardo. Venezia, December 11, 1514 (p. 375) id. Venezia, December 23, 1514 (p. 376) Bibbiena, Bernardo. Pesaro, January 1, 1515 (p. 378)   (Volume II, Book I:) Donato, Francesco. Roma, December 10, 1545 (l. 6v) A Signor Capi del Consiglio de Dieci (To the Members of the Council of Ten). Padova, September 2, 1531 (l. 7r) Bembo, Bernardo. Venezia, August 5, 1497 (l. 7v) id. Urbino, December [recte November] 10, 1509 (l. 8v) id. Roma, April 18, 1510 (l. 10v) Bembo, Carlo. Venezia, July 6, 1502 (l. 11r) id. Venezia, July 10, 1502 (l. 11v) id. Venezia, September 22, 1502 (l. 11v) id. Venezia, October 6, 1502 (l. 12r) id. Venezia, October 8, 1502 (l. 12v) id. Ostellato, December 14, 1502 (l. 12v) id. Ferrara, December 24, 1502 (l. 13r) id. Ferrara, June 3, 1503 (l. 13v) id. Ostellato, June 15, 1503 (l. 14r) id. Ferrara, September 3, 1503 (l. 14v) Bembo, Bartolomeo. Forlì, September 2, 1506 (l. 15r) id. Urbino, December 10, 1506 (l. 15r) id. Urbino, January 5, 1507 (l. 16v) id. Urbino, January 22, 1507 (l. 17r) id. Urbino, February 10, 1507 (l. 17v) id. Roma, September 20, 1513 (l. 17v) Marcello, Sebastiano. Ferrara, June 12, 1499 (l. 18r)   (Volume II, Book II:) Gabriele, Trifone. Ferrara, January 20, 1498 (l. 18v) id. Ferrara, February 2, 1498 (l. 19r) id. Ferrara, May 19, 1499 (l. 19v) id. Venezia, August 18, 1499 (l. 20r) id. Ferrara, November 16, 1499 (l. 20v) id. Urbino, December 11, 1507 (l. 21v) id. Roma, April 1, 1512 (l. 22r) id. Roma, January 26, 1515 (l. 23v) id. Roma, January 26, 1525 (l. 24r) id. Padova, August 29, 1527 (l. 24r) id. Padova, August 16 [recte 26], 1530 (l. 24v) id. Padova, November 10, 1530 (l. 25r) id. Padova, December 6, 1530 (l. 25r) id. Padova, August 11, 1535 (l. 25v) id. Roma, January 3, 1544 (l. 26v) id. Roma, March 27, 1546 (l. 27r) Gabriele, Angelo. Padova, May 5, 1526 (l. 27r) id. Padova, December 10, 1526 (l. 27v) id. Padova, January 15, 1527 (l. 28r) id. Padova, January 29, 1527 (l. 28r) id. Padova, February 17, 1527 (l. 28v) id. Padova, February 18, 1527 (l. 92 recte 29r) id. Padova, March 10, 1527 (l. 92 recte 29r) id. Padova, April 8, 1527 (l. 29v) id. Padova, May 17, 1527 (l. 30r) id. Padova, June 16, 1527 (l. 30v) id. Padova, July 24 [recte 21], 1527 (l. 31r) id. Villa, September 21, 1527 (l. 31v) id. Padova, October 5, 1527 (l. 32v) id. Padova, October 12, 1527 (l. 32v) id. Villa, November 3, 1527 (l. 33v) id. Villa, April 10, 1528 (l. 34r) id. Padova, March 20, 1530 (l. 36r)   (Volume II, Book III:) Quirino, Vincenzo. Urbino, December 10, 1506 (l. 36v) id. Urbino, June 10, 1508 (l. 42r) Ramusio, Giovanni Battista. Urbino, December 18, 1508 (l. 46r) id. Roma, December 7, 1512 (l. 46v) id. Padova, February 3, 1525 [recte 1526] (l. 46v) id. Villa, August 6, 1525 (l. 47r) id. Villa, August 7, 1525 (l. 47v) id. Padova, August 17, 1525 (l. 48r) id. Padova, October 6, 1525 (l. 48v) id. Padova, November 29, 1527 (l. 49v) id. Padova, March 12, 1528 (l. 50r) id. Padova, May 11, 1529 (l. 50v) id. Padova, May 18, 1529 (l. 51r) id. Villa, May 29, 1529 (l. 51v) id. Villa, June 21, 1529 (l. 54v) id. Padova, August 27, 1531 (l. 55v) id. Padova, September 29 [recte 24], 1541 [recte 1531] (l. 56r) id. Padova, March 8, 1533 (l. 56r) id. Padova, December 5, 1536 (l. 57v) id. Roma, May 10, 1540 (l. 57v) id. Padova, January 31, 1527 (l. 58r) id. Roma, April 3, 1545 (l. 59r) id. Roma, March 13, 1546 (l. 60r) id. Roma, April 3, 1546 (l. 60v) id. Roma, July 31, 1546 (l. 61v) Savorgnan, Girolamo. Urbino, November 6, 1509 (l. 61v) id. Villa, July 5, 1517 [recte 1527] (l. 63r) Contarino, Marco. Roma, December 18, 1512 (l. 63v) Bembo, Giovanni Matteo. Padova, November 15, 1519 (l. 64v) id. Villa, July 8, 1525 (l. 65r) id. Padova, November 20, 1525 (l. 65v)   (Volume II, Book IV:) Navagero, Andrea. Padova, October 13, 1523 (l. 66r) id. Murano, April 6 [recte 7], 1526 (l. 66v) Soranzo, Luigi. Padova, Novembre 8, 1523 (l. 67r) Foscari, Luigi. Villa, June 29, 1524 (l. 67v) Dedo, Girolamo. Villa, July 18, 1524 (l. 68r) Capello, Bernardo. Padova, January 3, 1525 [recte 1526] (l. 68v) id. Padova, November 12 [recte 13], 1526 (l. 68v) id. Padova, March 27, 1522 [recte 1527] (l. 69r) id. Villa, May 4, 1527 (l. 69r) id. Padova, March 25, 1529 (l. 69v) id. Padova, April 16, 1529 (l. 70r) id. Padova, May 10, 1529 (l. 70r) id. Villa, July 15, 1529 (l. 70v) id. Villa, November 11, 1535 (l. 70v) Dandolo, Marco. Roma, February 1, 1525 (l. 71v) Tiepolo, Nicolò. Villa, June 10, 1525 (l. 72r) id. Padova, March 16, 1526 (l. 73r) id. Padova, February 24, 1527 (l. 73v) id. Padova, March 22, 1527 (l. 73v) id. Villa, July 31, 1518 [recte 1528] (l. 74r) id. Villa, September 26, 1528 (l. 75r) id. Villa, October 3, 1528 (l. 75v) id. Villa, July 4, 1529 (l. 76r) id. Padova, September 15, 1530 (l. 76v) id. Roma, September 13, 1544 (l. 77r)   (Volume II, Book V:) Giustiniani, Marco Antonio. Villa, July 3, 1525 (l. 78r) id. Padova, December 26, 1525 (l. 78v) id. Venezia, April 3, 1526 (l. 80r) Venier, Domenico. Villa, July 5, 1525 (l. 80v) id. Padova, October 22 [recte 12], 1522 [recte 1526] (l. 81r) id. Padova, February 12, 1527 (l. 81v) id. Padova, December 18, 1527 (l. 82r) Bembo, Gaspare. Villa, July 9, 1525 (l. 82v) id. Villa, May 4, 1527 (l. 83r) Venier, Marco Antonio. Villa, July 20, 1525 (l. 83v) id. Villa, July 25, 1531 (l. 83v) Priuli, Luigi. Villa, August 4, 1525 (l. 84r) Minio, Marco. Padova, October 2, 1525 (l. 84v) Beazzano, Agostino. Padova, November 4, 1525 (l. 86r) id. Padova, June 29, 1529 (l. 86r) [Giustiniani, Sebastiano], Podestà of Padua. Villa, January 9, 1526 (l. 86v) id. Villa, February 10, 1526 (l. 86v) Marcello, Pietro. Villa, July 6, 1526 (l. 87r) Marcello, Girolamo. Padova, July 31, 1526 (l. 87v)   (Volume II, Book VI:) Michiel, Marco Antonio. Padova, October 18, 1526 (l. 88r) Trono, Luca. Padova, January 20, 1527 (l. 88v) Michiel, Marchionne. Padova, January 27, 1527 (l. 89r) Contarini, Gasparo. Padova, February 5, 1527 (l. 89v) Trevisan, Domenico. Padova, May 26, 1527 (l. 89v) Bellegno, Vincenzo. Padova, July 9, 1527 (l. 91r) Molin, Marco. Padova, July 17 [recte 18], 1522 [1527] (l. 91r) id. Padova, July 25, 1527 (l. 91v) Bernardo, Maffeo. Padova, July 18, 1527 (l. 91v) Bembo, Antonio. Padova, August 1, 1527 (l. 92v) Corner, Francesco. Padova, August 5, 1527 (l. 92v) Pisani, Luigi. Padova, August 13, 1527 (l. 94r) Valier, Agostino. Villa, September 23, 1527 (l. 94v) Zorzi, Marin. Villa, November 2, 1527 (l. 95r) Venier, Antonio. Villa, November 3, 1527 (l. 95v) id. Padova, March 10, 1528 (l. 95v) id. Padova, March 29, 1528 (l. 96r)   (Volume II, Book VII:) Boldù, Gabriele. Padova, February 23 [recte 13], 1528 (l. 96v) id. Roma, March 15, 1544 (l. 97r) id. Roma, November 14, 1544 (l. 97v) id. Roma, February 21, 1545 (l. 98r) id. Roma, March 13, 1546 (l. 99r) id. Roma, March 20, 1546 (l. 99v) id. Roma, April 24, 1546 (l. 99v) id. Roma, May 12 [recte 22], 1546 (l. 100v) id. Roma, August 28, 1546 (l. 101r) id. Roma, September 11, 1546 (l. 101v) id. Roma, September 18, 1546 (l. 102r) id. Roma, September 25, 1546 (l. 102v) id. Roma, October 19 [recte 16], 1546 (l. 103r) id. Roma, November 6, 1546 (l. 103v) id. Roma, December 11 [recte 2], 1546 (l. 104r) id. Roma, November 12 [recte 13], 1546 (l. 104v)   (Volume II, Book VIII:) Soranzo, Vittore. Padova, March 21, 1528 (l. 105r) id. Padova, May 8, 152

Four volumes bound in three. 8vo. (12), 13-381, (1), 2 blank pp. (A⁸-Z⁸, Aa⁸); 168 ll. (A-X⁸); (16), 432 pp. (*⁸, A-Dd⁸); (16), 268, 4 blank pp. (*⁸, A-R8). Gualtiero Scotto's device on the title-pages. Early 19^th century vellum over boards, spines with gilt ornaments and gilt lettered labels, marbled endpapers. Ex libris Joannis de Bizzarro.

Adams, B-595, B-596, B-591; Basso, pp. 132-134, 136; Braida, pp. 27-28; Edit 16, CNCE 5084 (I, II) and 5040 (III, IV); Index Aureliensis, 116.432 (III, IV); Quondam, pp. 288-289; P. Bembo, Lettere. Edizione critica, E. Travi, ed., (Bologna, 1987), I, pp. XLVII-XLVIII, L.

 

FIFTH EDITION of the first and second volumes and FIRST EDITION of the third and fourth volumes of Pietro Bembo's vernacular letters.

In 1532 Bembo begun to collect and organize his correspondence, both Latin and Italian, for publication. He decided approximately to divide the Italian letters into two major categories: those addressed to men (arranged according Venetian and not Venetian) and those addressed to women. To his Latin epistolary (Epistolae familiares) he added the letters (also called Brevi) which he had wrote as secretary to Pope Leo X.

The first collection to see the light was precisely the Petri Bembi Epistolarum Leonis Decimi Pontifici Max. nomine scriptarum libri sexdecim (Venice, 1535, see pp. xxx), which also remained the only edition of Bembo's letters published during his lifetime. In 1539, after his appointment as a cardinal, he abandoned the project to publish his correspondence, even though he continued to revise and cor

• Autore: Pietro Bembo
• Editore: [Gualtiero Scotto]
• Tipologia: Libro usato vintage
• Copertina: rilegato
• Anno edizione: 1575
• EAN: 2570270091117

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