Gabriello Chiabrera Rime 1718 Italian Poetry Sonnets Eclogues Vellum

Delle Rime Di Gabriello Chiabrera Parte Seconda. Contiene Canzonette Amorose, e Morali, Scherzi, Sonetti, Epitaffj, Vendemmie, Egloghe, e Sermoni. Translation from Italian: Of the Rhymes of Gabriello Chiabrera Part Two. Contains Love and Moral Songs, Jokes, Sonnets, Epitaphs, Harvests, Eclogues, and Sermons.

A 1718 Roman edition of the second part of Gabriello Chiabrera’s poetry, gathering love and moral songs, sonnets, epitaphs, pastoral eclogues, harvest poems, playful verse, and sermons. Chiabrera was a leading figure in Italian Baroque poetry, noted for his classical influences and formal experimentation. Bound in period vellum with raised bands and manuscript spine title.

Chiabrera, Gabriello. 1718. Roma: Presso il Salvioni, nella Sapienza. 12mo.(4.625" x 7.25") Full period vellum. Spine with 4 raised bands with faint ink manusript title to head. Slight edgewear, covers mildly soiled. The second part of Gabriello Chiabrera’s collected verse, containing a varied selection of love and moral songs, playful pieces, sonnets, epitaphs, harvest poems, eclogues, and sermons. Chiabrera was one of the major Italian lyric poets of the late Renaissance and early Baroque period, known especially for experimenting with classical Greek and Latin meters and adapting them to Italian verse.