The Passionate Collector: Willard Fiske and his Libraries

Francesco Petrarca. Trionfi, sonnetti e canzoni Italy (Florence), ca. 1465-70. Frontispiece

Trionfi

Sonnetti (The decorated initial features a small portrait of Petrarch himself).

Written in a fine humanistic hand and sumptuously decorated, this vellum manuscript of Petrarch’s poems—triumphs, sonnets and lyrics—is among the finest in North America.


		Francesco Petrarca *Francesco Petrarca. Trionfi, sonnetti e canzoni* Italy (Florence), ca. 1465-70. Frontispiece Trionfi** Sonnetti (The decorated initial features a small portrait of Petrarch himself). Written in a fine humanistic hand and sumptuously decorated, this vellum manuscript of Petrarch’s poems—triumphs, sonnets and lyrics—is among the finest in North America. Continue the tour