Author: Malipiero, Girolamo & Petrarca, Francesco [ Petrarch ]
Title: Il Petrarca Spirituale Di Frate Hieronimo Malipiero Venetiano Dell Ordine De Minori D'Offeruanza
Description: Domenico Farri, Venetia, 1567, 3rd edition. Later decorated paper boards, VG. [xxiv]+322+[18]pp, small 8° ( pagination runs 1-161 but only the rectos are numbered, giving 322 pages to the main text - Signatures running a1-b4 A-I8 K-T8 V-V8 X2-X7 Y-Y4 ), rebound ( early 20th century ) in paper covered boards without any blanks, sheet A yellowed affecting the first 8 leaves, occasional light marginal water staining not affecting the text, printers woodcut device of Roman goddess Spes upon a winged globe with sunburst, an attractive copy. This copy complete with the initial dialogue & index. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Malipiero's famous interpretation, or re-write of part of the Il Canzoniere of Petrach, in which Malipiero changes what he saw as bawdy rhymes to verse where the the emphasis is on Godly love & not insane lust. Malipiero considered Petrach full of 'gli sconci e molto disordinati affetti e l'angosciose passioni de' miseri innamorati'. He also removed references to the papacy at Avignon & had Germany depicted as a new Babylon due to the influence of Luther. First published in 1536, the work went through eight editions by 1587.

Keywords: literature, catholicism, religion, poetry, sonnets