The volume is open to "De hereditatis expectatione" and "De alchimia." Note the printed capital "C". As printing methods rapidly develop, presses are able to handle multiple copies of fixed ornaments, such as initial letters. This allows for less expensive decorated editions, but contributes to the decline of manuscript arts and culture.
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Francisci Petrarcae poetae oratorisque. Clarissimi de remediis utriusque fortunae . . .
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Fol. 1 recto
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[Cremona: Bernardinus de Misinti and Caesar Parmensis, 17 November 1492.]
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Incipit to Petrarch's "Remedy for all Fortunes, Fair and Fowl," written between 1354-1360 and dedicated to Azzo di Correggio, Lord of Parma.
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The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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