PETRARCA, Francesco (1304-1374). Il Petrarca. Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, July 1521. 8vo (157 x 96 mm). Woodcut Aldine device on verso final leaf, 3-line initial spaces with guide letters; with leaves s7, z8, and B8, blank except for foliation. 19th century red morocco gilt, upper cover gilt-lettered (some slight wear to joints and corners). Provenance: A few underlinings in text; unidentified stamp on title-page. Third Aldine edition of the Canzoniere, preceded by the 1501 and 1514 editions. Following the death of Andrea d'Asolano in 1529, a newly-reopened Aldine press issued a fourth edition of Petrarch in 1533. Adams P-794. Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi