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mei/00206672 Auct. 2Q 2.31.
[00206672]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Auct. 2Q 2.31.
ISTC No.ip00386000
AuthorPetrarca, Francesco
TitleTrionfi (comm: Bernardo Lapini da Siena) e Canzoniere (comm: Franciscus Philelphus and Hieronymus Squarzaficus). Rev: Girolamo Centone (pt II)
ImprintVenice : Petrus de Plasiis, Cremonensis, 1490