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[FOOLSCAP PRESS] PETRARCH, Francesco (1304–1374). Phisicke Against Fortune…, extra-illustrated with original 16th century woodcuts. Berkeley: Foolscap Press, 1993. 4to. LIMITED TO 40 (of a total of 175) COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND IN QUARTER GOATSKIN, this being number 6. Printed letterpress on Lana Royal mould-made paper from France, in original slipcase. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 5 hand-colored original woodcuts in 3 leaves from the 16th century volume that are reproduced in this edition (occasional browning). [Together with:] SCHEIDIG, Walther. Die Holzschnitte des Petrarca-Meisters zu Petrarcas Werk… Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1955. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 14 original woodcuts in 13 leaves from the 16th century volume that are reproduced in this volume and not in the Foolscap edition. Publisher’s black cloth stamped in gilt, original dust jacket. Provenance: From the private library of a local Chicago collector, part one.