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Quotes from Aldo Manuzio, Andrea Navagero and Pietro Bembo.
After a brief historical excursus, the rudiments of grammar and - in the last book - of metrics are exposed: the rhymes, the forms of the poems, the types of verse. In particular, the sonnet, canzone, distesa, madrigal, ballata, sestina, trio, ottava rima and blank verse are described and illustrated with examples.
Edited by Lodovico Dolce, who intends to treat the grammar of the vernacular as the ancient grammarians treated the Latin one.
CONTENTS
The language described is that of fourteenth-century authors and some contemporaries, even non-Tuscans; of it the rules of morphology, spelling and punctuation are given. The structure of the work is designed for consultation: it has detailed indexes, division into chapters and paragraphs, annotations. Divided into 4 books. First book of the Observations in the volgar lingua, by M. Lodovico Dolce, which deals with the Rules of the Volgar Grammatica (pp. 23-126) [Definition of grammar ('The art of speaking and writing well') and its objects of study ('letter', 'syllable', 'word' and 'parliament'), schematically illustrated.
Second book of the Observations in the vernacular language, by M. Lodovico Dolce, which deals with Orthography, that is, the way to write correctly (pp. 127-156) [Definition of orthography.
Third book of the Observations in the volgar lingua, by M. Lodovico Dolce, which deals with the way of pointing (pp. 157-186) [Utility of punctuation; merits for the introduction of it are recognized to Aldo Manuzio, Andrea Navagero and Pietro Bembo. The accent and punctuation of the Tuscan vernacular are described. Fourth and last book of the Observations in the vernacular language, by M. Lodovico Dolce, which deals with Volgar Poetry, and with the method and order of composing various manners of Rime (pp. 187-240) [The 'poetics' is 'imitation', the poet must 'imitate the actions of men' and 'under graceful veils of morals and useful inventions delight the soul of the reader'.
CONDITION REPORT
In 16th, pp. 240, (4). Contemporary binding in full rigid parchment, spine with raised bands with handwritten title and date. Handwritten inscription also on the back plate. Tie us in sight. Small worms on some pages. Publisher's mark engraved on title page. Woodcut front panels and drop caps. Signs of gora in the lower margin of some pages. Author's notes in the margins and some interesting handwritten glosses. Calligram on the last page of Dolce's final dedication to Giolito. Handwritten calligram in sepia on the last flyleaf.
FULL TITLE & AUTHORS
Of the Observations of M. Lodovico Dolce. Books IIII. Again by himself in this seventh edition, revised & expanded & with annotations.
In Venice, by Domenico Farri, 1568
Lodovico Dolce 67223187
