Bembo, Pietro

Actii Synceri Sannazarii De Partu Virginis. Lamentatio De Morte Christi. Piscatoria

      Aldine, 1527. Very good Petri Bembi Benacus. Augustini Beatiani Verona. Aldine anchor device on initial title and again on leaf following colophon. (8), 9-47 leaves. 24mo, bound in early vellum with red morocco label (contemporary signature on title which also has a 1.5" square repair in margin; light foxing). Venetiis: Aldus, 1527. Author was an Italian cardinal who was secretary to Pope Leo X and librarian to St. Mark's in Venice. He was a noted scholar of classical literature and history. British Museum, cat. of Italian Books, p.80.