LOREDANO, Giovan Francesco. Six works, including *Novelle am - Lot 206

LOREDANO, Giovan Francesco. Six works, including *Novelle amorose*. Venetian editions of six of Loredano’s works representative of 17th-century Italian Baroque literature. Venice, Guerigli, 1653–1657. Six works in a sturdy in-12 volume, soft full vellum, straight spine with three raised bands, with the calligraphic title “Loredano parte 3.” Engraved title pages. Binding slightly discolored, small wormholes at the bottom of the spine, upper hinge open. Venetian editions, printed by Guerigli, bringing together six works by Giovan Francesco Loredano (1607–1661), a prolific Italian poet and man of letters. The volume opens with the *Novelle amorose*, a collection of romantic and moral short stories, featuring a deeply engraved title signed “Piccino,” likely Isabella Piccini. The next five titles address political and religious subjects (the life of Pope Alexander III, the biblical story of Adam, hagiography, and devotional texts). Contains: - *Novelle amorose*. 1656. 117 pp. - *Vita d’Alessandro Terzo*. 1653. Frontispiece, 105 and 7 unnumbered folios. - *L’Adamo* (Life of Adam). 1653. 82 pp. - Vita di San Giovanni. 1655. 82 pp. - Sensi di devotione. 1657. 108 pp. - Gradi dell’anima. 1656. 108 pp. An excellent set in a contemporary binding.