The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch

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A hardcover book titled, The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch, by Petrarch and published by Hurst & Company. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding and gilded page edges. The green front cover of the embossed, cloth-bound volume features a large, gold leaf rectangular box at the top third of the cover. The shortened title of the book, [PETRARCH], is printed in green relief inside the box. The text is accented with illustrations of leaves and curled stems. Around the box is a band of repeating squares with circles at the center, divided by two small rectangles. It is surrounded by a second band filled with black and studded with gold polka dots. The box is framed with a gold band decorated with small, four petal flowers connected by curvilinear lines. Floral sprays with five petals flowers overlay the bands on the box.

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