Creator
Petrarch.
Title
Le Cose Volgari de Messer Francesco Petrarcha.
Coverage
Venice
Publisher
Aldus Manutius
Date
July 1501.
Description
This Petrarch is the first vernacular text printed in italic type and in the Portable Library format. Printed on goatskin vellum, the book contains two miniatures that have been ascribed to the Paduan artist Benedetto Bordone (1460–1531), who is likely the creator of the woodcuts in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili as well. The verso of the titlepage depicts Apollo crowning Petrarch with a laurel wreath, beneath the arms of the Johnstone family, which have been painted over the Bembo family arms.
Source
From the collections of The Morgan Library & Museum.