Delle lettere [...] libro primo [all published]

8vo. [4], 110 leaves. Collation: a4, A-N8, O6. With the printer's device on the title-page. Contemporary limp vellum with manuscript title on spine. Ex-libris Giuseppe Renato Imperiali (whose library was sold in 1793) and Marco Lazzari.
Basso, pp. 324-326; Edit 16, CNCE 38211; Quondam, p. 315.
 
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, dedicated to cardinal Francesco Morosini, bishop of Brescia (Bergamo, May 15, 1591), of this collection of 209 letters. For unknown (but probably editorial) reasons, the letters are all undated. Only the 18 letters addressed to the author are dated between 1555 and 1589. Furthermore, 27 letters present no recipient and are probably fictitious.
The collection clearly shows the relations that Viscardi had during his life with many highly influential Italian noble families: thirteen letters are addressed to the Corner and to the Albani, seven to the Grimaldi of Monaco, seven to the Bembo, six to the Mocenigo, five to the Contarini, etc.
 
Bembo, Pietro. Bergamo (l. 1r)
Bembo, Torquato (l. 1v)
id. Bergamo (l. 2v)
n.r. (l. 3r)
Colonio, Nicolò (l. 4r)
Gradenigo, Pietro. Padova (l. 4v)
Spira, Fortunio. Padova (l. 5r)
id. Monaco (l. 5v)
Spino, Pietro. Monaco (l. 6r)
Carrara, Michele. Monaco (l. 7r)
Benaglio, Girolamo. Monaco (l. 8r)
De Marin, Tommaso. Monaco (l. 8v)
Badoer, Federico. Monaco (l. 9r)
Al Signore di Monaco [Grimaldi, Onorato]. Roma (l. 9v)
Albani colletrale. Roma (l. 10r)
Al Signore di Monaco [Grimaldi, Onorato]. Roma (l. 10v)
Bembo, Elena. Padova (l. 11r)
Mirandola, Antonio. Padova (l. 11v)
Sauli, Stefano. Verona (l. 12r)
Soriano, Michele (l. 12v)
Al Signore di Monaco [Grimaldi, Onorato]. Padova  (l. 13r)
Da Ponte, Giampiero. Torino (l. 13v)
Venier, Francesco (l. 14r)
Mocenigo, Luigi. Padova (l. 14v)
Albani colletrale. Venezia (l. 15r)
Mocenigo, Alvise. Bergamo (l. 15v)
Loredan abate. Trento (l. 16v)
Albani, Lucia. Padova (l. 17r)
Foscarini, Giambattista. Padova (l. 17v)
Della Rovere, Girolamo (l. 18r)
Corner, Gabriele (l. 18v)
Brembilla cavalier. Venezia (l. 19r)
Venier, Maffeo (l. 19v)
Amalteo, [Giovanni Battista] (l. 20r)
Viscardi, Gianuario. Padova (l. 20v)
Trevisan, Agostino (l. 21r)
Corner, Andrea. Padova (l. 21v)
n.r. (l. 23r)
n.r. (l. 23v)
Al Sig. Governatore di Monaco [Grimaldi, Stefano] (l. 24v)
Mocenigo, [Alvise] (l. 25r)
Viscardi, Marcello. Padova (l. 25v)
Grimaldi, Onorato. Bergamo (l. 26r)
Terzi, Giuliano (l. 26v)
Boldù, Andrea (l. 27r)
Corner, [Giorgio] (l. 27v)
Viscardi, Gianuario. Padova (l. 28r)
Michiel, Giovanni (l. 28v)
Albani, Giambattista (l. 29v)
Albani cavalier (l. 30r)
Malatesta, [Giacomo] (l. 30v)
n.r. (l. 31r)
Albani, [Giovanni Girolamo] (l. 31v)
Ponte, Nicolò (l. 32r)
Nicolò da Bertinoro (l. 32v)
Lippomano cavalier [Girolamo?] (l. 33r)
Bembo, Pietro (l. 33v)
Albani, [Giovanni Girolamo] (l. 34r)
Spinelli medico (l. 34v)
Mocenigo, Alvise (l. 35r)
Albani, [Giovanni Girolamo] (l. 35v)
Ragazzoni, Giovanni Giacomo (l. 36r)
from Albani, [Giovanni Girolamo]. Sanseverino (l. 36v)
from Albani, [Giovanni Girolamo]. 1570 (l. 37r)
Badoer, Alberto (l. 37v)
Morosini, Francesco (l. 38r)
Corner, Federico (l. 38v)
Zane, Matteo (l. 39r)
n.r. (l. 39v)
Mocenigo, Filippo (l. 39v)
Ragazzoni, [Girolamo] (l. 40v)
n.r. Venezia (l. 41r)
Contarini, Zaccaria (l. 41v)
Bembo, Torquato (l. 42v)
Grimaldi, Isabella (l. 42v)
Viscardi, Marcello (l. 43v)
Barbaro, Marco Antonio (l. 44r)
Amulio, [Marco Antonio]. Padova (l. 44v)
Dolfin, [Giovanni] (l. 45r)
Amulio, [Marco Antonio] (l. 45v)
n.r. (l. 46r)
Casale, Alessandro (l. 46v)
Cattani, Maurizio (l. 47v)
Corner, Federico (l. 48r)
Corner, Francesco (l. 48v)
Albani, Domenico (l. 49r)
[Grimaldi], Onorato (l. 49v)
Barbarigo, Nicolò (l. 50r)
Marenco, Giovanni Francesco (l. 51r)
Capello, Girolamo (l. 51v)
Gromelli, [Pietro]. Lovere (l. 51v)
from Grimaldi, Onorato. Monaco, 1555 (l. 52v)
Albani, [Giovanni Girolamo] (l. 53v)
Contarini, Leonardo (l. 54r)
n.r. (l. 54v)
Pagano, Cornelio (l. 55r)
Giustiniani, Leonardo (l. 55r)
Paruta, Paolo (l. 55v)
Pesaro, Francesco (l. 56r)
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