Lot N. 49
Giovanni Bartolomeo Casaregi
Sonetti e canzoni toscane del conte Gio: Bartolommeo Casaregi
accademico della Crusca. Dedicate all'illustrissimo signor abate Pietro Metastasio, In Firenze, Nella stamperia di Gaetano Albizzini, 1741. In-8° (225x150 mm). XX, 180 p. Double title page, the first in red and black with a copper-engraved vignette signed "I. Menabuonij del[ineavit], V. Franceschini S[culpsit]", depicting the muse Clio on carnelian from the Strozzi Museum. On the second title page, a woodcut vignette with the emblem of the Accademia della Crusca. Woodcut initials, headpieces, and tailpieces. Contemporary half-leather binding with gilt decorations and title on the spine with four raised bands. Fresh interior. A copy with beards.