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Venetiis, Apud Hieronymum Scotum. M D LXXVII. 1568. 8vo, 156 x 92 mms., pp. 447 [ 448 printer's device], epographiae sex, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, final folio with woodcut device verso, ownership stamp to title: occasional spotting and light staining, recased in contemporary limp vellum, spine repaired, lacking ties, little stained, but a very good and uncommon copy of this edition. thumbnail Property Value dbo:abs The works of the Italian poet and humanist Giovanni Francesco Conti (1484 - 1587) are catalogued and referred to under his humanistic name. He published works in several genres - poetry, expository prose, philosophy - in Italian as well as Latin and was nicknamed "Stoa" or "Rortico delle Muse." The present work was first published in 1519 and was frequently reprinted thereafter. The printer Girolamo Scotto (Hieronymus Scotus; also Gerolamo) (c.1505 – 3 September 1572) was an Italian printer, composer, businessman and bookseller of the Renaissance, active mainly in Venice. He was the most influential member of the firm of Venetian printers, the House of Scotto, which existed from the late 15th century until 1615. At its peak in the 1560s, the Scotto firm under Girolamo was one of the preeminent publishing firms of Europe, producing volumes on law, scholasticism, philosophy, medicine, theology, and ancient literature in addition to music. Only the firm of Gardano produced more books of music in the 16th century than the House of Scotto under Girolamo; over half of Scotto's publications, 409 out of approximately 800 in total, were books of music. OCLC locates only two copies of this edition, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma and Bibliothèque nationale de France. There seem to be no copies of any edition of this work on the market at present.