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<<< back To order this book click the 'order' button. To display price estimate in another currency, select the currency in the drop-down box. To view enlarged book image, hover over it with the mouse.      A Poem to Strawberries; With New Illustrations [ROBERTI, Giovanni Battista.] Le fragole poemetto. Milan: Giuseppe Marelli, 1754. Small 8vo. Fine title page vignette, one engraved tailpiece, and two finely engraved vignettes in the text. 54, [1] pp. Modern boards. $1,125.00 The third edition of Roberti’s (1719-1786) charming poem to the strawberry (first ed.: Venice, 1752). The engraved vignettes depict minstrels playing wind and string instruments while people pick and eat strawberries. All editions are quite rare. ¶ B.IN.G. 1684; Paleari-Hennsler p. 639; NUC & OCLC: NN ICU MH Univ. of Iowa; Westbury p. 189. Not in Bitting, Cagle, Horn-Arndt, Maggs, Oberlé, Simon, or Vicaire.

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