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GUARNELLO, Alessandro. Canzone nella felicissima vittoria christiana contra infideli. [Venice, D. & G.B. Guerra, 1571].

4to. 4ff. Title within a woodcut border incorporating a device and an inset view of Venice, 2 woodcut headpieces and 2 initials, fore-margins cut close with loss of three letters, in modern wrappers.

One of at least four editions of this paean in praise of Don John of Austria (and dedicated to him) following the Battle of Lepanto.
cf. Gollner 1388; Soranzo 1108; Adams G1445; Olschki Choix IV, 4645; this edition not in BMC; NUC locates only the copies at NYPL and Harvard.

£450

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