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ACCARISI da Cento, Alberto La grammatica volgare Venice, (Pietro de Nicolini da Sabbio. Ad instatia [sic] di Marchio Sessa), 1549

A good copy of a scarce little edition (first published in 1536) of one of two books written by Alberto Accarisi (fl. first half of the sixteenth century), a doctor in law and one of the first teachers of Italian lexicography and grammar. His other work, the Vocabolario, was the first book to be published in his native Cento. Bookplate of Baron Landau.Censimento CNCE 86 (9 copies); not in Adams or OCLC; RLIN locates only the copy at the University of Iowa

8vo. 12ff. Title within a fine white-on-black woodcut border, in nineteenth century sewn-over boards.

£1400

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