PETRARCA, Francesco (1304-1374), Canzonieri. Il Petrarcha colla spositione di Misser Giovanni Andrea Gesualdo. Venice: Giovanni Antonio and Nicolini da Sabio, 1541. Small 4to (209 x 149 mm). With gloss surrounding single column of text. (Some minor spotting.) Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, hand-lettered on bottom edge and spine (lacking ties, soiled, small loss to lower corner). Provenance: Paolo Mila (signature on title-page). Presumed second Gesualdo edition, first published in 1533. An early edition with Gesualdo's popular commentaries, divided into two parts: I Sonetti e le Canzoni, and I Sonetti e le Canzoni... in Morte di Madonna Lavra. Adams P-807; BMC Italian 504; Graesse V:226. Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi