LIONARDI (Alessandro), Rime di M. Alessandro Lionardi genti'huomo padouano, Venice: [Giovanni Griffio], 1547. -In-8, 156 x 99 : 104 ff. Stiff vellum, ornate smooth spine, speckled edges (late 18th or early 19th century Italian binding). Original edition dedicated to Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzo (1512-1572), Prince-Bishop of Trento and Bressanone. This collection comprises 285 pieces, mainly sonnets but also canzoni, sextines, madrigals, ballads and a stanza, by the Italian poet Alessandro Lionardi. In addition to this work, Lionardi also composed an important treatise on poetics. A good copy. Restoration to margin of third leaf.