Lettere [...] Al serenis.mo D. Federigo Ubaldo Feltrio della Rovere, Principe d'Urbino

8vo. (16), 312 pp. ?⁸, A-S⁸, T¹². With the printer's device on the title-page. Contemporary limp vellum, marbled edges.

Catalogo unico, IT\ICCU\VEAE\003671; Quondam, p. 308.

FIRST EDITION of Giacomo Pergamini's letters, which appeared posthumously and were dedicated by the author's nephew Orazio Negri to Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, Prince of Urbino (Fossombrone, April 21, 1618).

The collection contains 345 letters, which are all undated except for a final section of 42 written by Pergamini on account of Scipione Gonzaga. They are dated from Rome between December 21, 1587 and January 9, 1592. Two other letters have a date, one to Bartolomeo Zucchi is dated Rome, September 12, 1597 and a letter by Giulio Mazzarini, the only one addressed to Pergamini, is dated Bologna, February 29, 1606.

As usual in late Renaissance letter collections, which were considered more as a model for letter-writing, than as documents of historical interest, a thematic index groups the letters into 13 topics: Raccomandatione (recommendation); Congratulatione (congratulation); Condoglienza e Consolatione (condolence and comfort); Complimenti misti (various compliments); Lamento (lamentation); Lode (praise); Piacevolezza (liking); Ragguagli e Negotii (commitments); Ringratiamento (thanks); Discorso (speech); Visita (visit); Scherzo (joke); Scusa (apology).

Among the recipients, many of which are dukes and bishops, stand out the names of Flaminio Nobili (1), Annibal Caro (2), Antonio Giganti (4), Bartolomeo Zucchi (8), Silvio Antoniano (3), Giovanni Francesco Peranda (4), Torquato Tasso (11), Francesco Panigarola (1), Diomede Borghesi (4), Lelio Torelli (1), and Giovanni Battista Guarini (2).

Ardinghelli, Luigi, Bishop of Fossombrone (p. 1)

id. (p. 2)

Della Rovere, Girolamo, Archbishop of Turin (p. 2)

Vigerio [Della Rovere, Urbano], Bishop of Senigallia (p. 3)

Savelli, [Mariano], Bishop of Bubbio (p. 4)

Torcella, [?], Bishop of Risaccio (p. 4)

Nobili, Flaminio (p. 5)

id. (p. 6)

Paci, Pompeo (p. 7)

id. (p. 7)

Guarnelli, [Alessandro] (p. 8)

Caro, Annibale (p. 8)

id. (p. 9)

id. (p. 10)

id. (p. 10)

Brunetti abate (p. 11)

id. (p. 11)

Giganti, Antonio (p. 12)

id. (p. 12)

id. (p. 13)

Zucchi, Bartolomeo (p. 13)

Visconti, Gasparo (p. 14)

Ferrari, Andrea (p. 15)

id. (p. 15)

Riccardi, Pietro (p. 16)

Taulini, Fulvio (p. 17)

Gallo, Antonio (p. 18)

id. (p. 19)

Ricci, Benedetto (p. 19)

Contini, Nicola (p. 20)

Zucchi, Bartolomeo (p. 21)

Cartari, Orazio (p. 21)

Stella Monsignor (p. 22)

Albergati, Fabio (p. 23)

Gonzaga, Francesco, Bishop of Mantua (p. 24)

Costantini, Antonio (p. 25)

Montano, Marco (p. 26)

Primicilio, Guido (p. 26)

Boccamazza, Pietro (p. 27)

Castelli, Carlo (p. 27)

Gualtieri, Giovanni (p. 28)

Peruzzi, Camillo (p. 29)

id. (p. 29)

Filonardi, Marcello (p. 30)

Signor N. (p. 30)

Antoniano, Silvio (p. 31)

Tarugi, [Sallustio] (p. 32)

[Torres, Ludovico de], Archbishop of Monreale (p. 33)

Sorbolongo, Michelangelo (p. 34)

id. (p. 34)

Mondini, [Francesco], Governor of Sabina (p. 35)

Signor N. (p. 35)

id. (p. 36)

id. (p. 37)

Gonzaga, Fabio, Governor of Monferrato (p. 37)

Leonardi, Orazio (p. 38)

Gonzaga, Pirro (p. 39)

Midelburgo, Paolo, Preposto of Fossombrone (p. 40)

Montano, Baldassarre (p. 41)

Colonna, Marco Antonio, Viceré of Sicily on the account of the Countess N. (p. 41)

Cartari, Orazio (p. 42)

Nanni, Antonio (p. 43)

Maffetti, Ventura, Governor of Benevento (p. 44)

id. (p. 44)

Usimbaldi, Pietro (p. 45)

Martini, Virgilio (p. 45)

Lionelli, Giulio (p. 46)

Dell'Armi, Francesco (p. 47)

Albertini, Cesare (p. 47)

id. (p. 48)

Gonzaga, Francesco, Bishop of Mantua (p. 49)

Signor N. (p. 50)

De Rossi, Ortensio (p. 50)

Bandelli, Tommaso (p. 51)

Vinta Cavalier (p. 51)

Nobili, Giovanni Battista (p. 52)

Maffetti, Ventura (p. 53)

Signor N. (p. 53)

Filonardi, Flaminio (p. 54)

Tacchini, Giovanni Battista (p. 55)

id. (p. 55)

Guarnelli, [Alessandro] (p. 56)

Caro, Annibale (p. 56)

Cartari, Orazio (p. 57)

Albergati, Fabio (p. 58)

Peranda, Giovanni Francesco (p. 58)

Signor N. (p. 59)

Cangi, Antonio (p. 60)

Dell'Armi, [Francesco], Governor of Ancona (p. 61)

Salvoni, Girogio (p. 62)

Signor N. (p. 62)

Peruzzi, Camillo (p. 64)

id. (p. 64)

Magni, Giovanni (p. 66)

Rosa, Benedetto (p. 67)

Ciceroni, [Orazio], Bishop of Sora (p. 67)

Midelburgo, Bernardo (p. 68)

Signor N. (p. 69)

Corsi, Rinaldo (p. 69)

Tasso, Torquato (p. 70)

Neri, Orazio (p. 72)

Tacchini, Fulvio (p. 72)

Ridolfi, Girolamo (p. 75)

Fedeli, Annibale (p. 76)

Darneo, Nicolò (p. 77)

Zucchi, Bartolomeo (p. 78)

Ruggeri, Bonifacio (p. 79)

Panigarola, Francesco (p. 80)

Graziani, Bernardino (p. 82)

Maffetti, Ventura (p. 83)

Moro, Fabrizio (p. 84)

Tasso, Torquato (p. 87)

Della Torre, Giulio (p. 88)

Gentili, Francesco (p. 89)

Gonzaga, Scipione (p. 90)

Neri, Orazio (p. 91)

Gonzaga, Fabio (p. 92)

Rocca, Marco Antonio (p. 93)

Dolfi, Diamante (p. 94)

Gabrielli, Diomede (p. 95)

Zucchi, Bartolomeo (p. 95)

Nanni, Antonio (p. 96)

Tasso, Torquato (p. 96)

Borghesi, Diomede (p. 97)

Borro, Ludovico (p. 97)

N. (p. 99)

Mancinelli, Giulio (p. 100)

Bonfigli, Aurelio (p. 101)

Mazzarini, Giulio (p. 103)

Ciceroni, [Orazio], Bishop of Sora (p. 105)

id. (p. 106)

Fantuzzi, Pietro (p. 107)

Signor N. (p. 108)

Zucchi, Bartolomeo (p. 109)

Gonzaga, Ferdinando (p. 110)

Signor N. (p. 111)

Tasso, Torquato (p. 115)

Costantini, Antonio (p. 116)

Torres, Ludovico de, Archbishop of Monreale (p. 117)

Libertani, [Ascanio], Bishop of Cagli (p. 118)

Cortese, Giacomo (p. 119)

Sertorio, Melidonio (p. 120)

Cattabeni, Ercole (p. 120)

Tasso, Torquato (p. 121)

Giganti, Antonio (p. 122)

Catena, Girolamo (p. 122)

Puntoni, Cesare (p. 124)

Peranda, Giovanni Francesco (p. 124)

General of the Order of the Barnabites (p. 125)

Felicini, Felice (p. 126)

Arrigoni, Lelio (p. 127)

Gonzaga, Ludovico, Duke of Nevers (p. 128)

Tacchini, Vincenzo (p. 129)

id. (p. 130)

Ciceroni, [Orazio], Bishop of Sora (p. 131)

Delbene, Pietro Paolo (p. 132)

Pellegrini, Benedetto (p. 133)

Tossignani, Andrea (p. 134)

Castellani, Fabrizio (p. 135)

Commendone, [Gian Francesco] (p. 135)

Antoniano, [Silvio] (p. 337, i.e. 137)

[Pierbenedetti, Mariano], Cardinal of Camerino (p. 138)

Conti, [Carlo] on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione (p. 139)

Doria, [Giovanni] on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione (p. 140)

[Della Chiesa], Serafino (p. 140)

Binelli, Giovanni Domenico. Roma (p. 141)

Torres, Ludovico de (p. 143)

id. (p. 144)

Tasso, Torquato (p. 144)

Zucchi, Bartolomeo (p. 145)

id. (p. 147)

[Medici, Eleonora de'], Princess of Tuscany on the account of the Duchess N. (p. 148)

Farnese, Odoardo on the account of Bishop N. (p. 148)

Lana, Francesco (p. 149)

Borghesi, Diomede (p. 150)

Feliciani, Giovanni on the account of N. (p. 153)

Centurione, [Alessandro], Archbishop of Genoa (p. 155)

Signor N. (p. 156)

Neri, Franciolino de' (p. 157)

Midelburgo, Paolo (p. 158)

Cattabeni, Flaminio (p. 159)

Tasso, Torquato (p. 160)

Torcella, Francesco (p. 160)

Arrigoni, Lelio (p. 161)

Strozzi, Livio on the account of N. (p. 162)

Guidotti, Mario (p. 165)

Casali, Giulio Cesare (p. 166)

Reschi abate (p. 167)

Collalto, Pirro da (p. 169)

[Gonzaga, Vincenzo], Duke of Mantua on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione (p. 170)

Luchini, Marco Antonio (p. 371, i.e. 171)

Muti, [Tiberio] (p. 172)

[Torres, Ludovico de], Archbishop of Monreale (p. 173)

Tasso, Torquato (p. 174)

Paolucci, Tommaso (p. 176)

Boccapadoli, Antonio (p. 177)

Antoniano, Silvio (p. 178)

Soranzo, Lazzaro (p. 179)

Doni, Ascanio (p. 180)

Capeletti, Martino, Senator in Rome (p. 181)

Strozzi, Francesco (p. 182)

id. (p. 183)

[Bonelli, Michele], called Cardinal Alessandrino (p. 184)

Magni, Pietro (p. 185)

Corsi, Rinaldo, Bishop of Strombolo (p. 186)

Tarsia, Camillo (p. 187)

Pierbenedetti, Mariano, Bishop of Martorana (p. 188)

Primicilio, Guido (p. 189)

Giustiniani, Paolo (p. 190)

Giardini, Piero Antonio (p. 191)

Politi, Adriano (p. 193)

Della Rovere, Girolamo, Archbishop of Turin (p. 194)

[Madruzzo, Ludovico], Cardinal of Trent (p. 195)

Gonzaga, Curzio (p. 196)

Giganti, Antonio (p. 197)

Landravilla, Mercurio (p. 197)

Countess N. (p. 199)

Correale, Beatrice (p. 200)

Pergamini, Susanna (p. 201)

Gianetti, Mario (p. 201)

Paleotti, [Gabriele] (p. 203)

Roselli, Ludovico (p. 204)

Borghesi, Diomede (p. 204)

Marinoni, Ortensia on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione (p. 206)

Moro, Pietro Antonio (p. 208)

Minucci, [Minuccio], Bishop of Zadar (p. 209)

Libertani, [Ascanio], Bishop of Cagli (p. 209)

Fiorimbeni, Camilla (p. 211)

Casali, [Vincenzo], Bishop of Massa Marittima (p. 211)

Malatesta, Guido (p. 212)

Midelburgo, Bernardo (p. 213)

Gonzaga, Ferrante, Marquis of San Martino (p. 214)

Gonzaga, Francesco, Bishop of Mantua (p. 214)

[Gonzaga, Pirro], Prince of Bozzolo (p. 215)

Gonzaga, Isabella (p. 216)

Cesare, Giulio, Dean of Monopoli (p. 217)

Paravicini, [Ottavio] (p. 218)

Gondi, Ginevra (p. 219)

Sertorio, Milidonio (p. 219)

[Della Rovere, Francesco Maria], Duke of Urbino (p. 220)

Signor N. (p. 221)

Gabrielli, Diomede (p. 222)

Arrigoni, Lelio (p. 223)

Peranda, Giovanni Francesco (p. 224)

Mazzarini, Giulio (p. 225)

from Mazzarini, Giulio. Bologna, February 29, 1606 (p. 226)

Grotta, Ludovico (p. 228)

Luzzara, Lorenzo (p. 229)

Gonzaga, Ferdinando (p. 230)

Peranda, Giovanni Francesco (p. 231)

Zucchi, Bartolomeo (p. 232)

Ridolfi, Girolamo (p. 232)

Borghesi, Diomede (p. 233)

Neri, Orazio (p. 234)

Arrigoni, Lelio (p. 235)

Signor N. (p. 236)

Mazzarini, Giulio (p. 237)

Ceci, Battista (p. 238)

Brunetti abate (p. 239)

Torres, [Ludovico] de (p. 240)

Gonzaga, Ferrante (p. 241)

Attio, Bernardino (p. 241)

Bevilacqua, [Guglielmo], Governor of Jesi (p. 242)

Passionei, Benedetto on the account of N. (p. 243)

Albertini, Cesare (p. 243)

Magno, Giovanni (p. 244)

Arrigoni, Lelio (p. 245)

Luzzara, Lorenzo (p. 246)

Sciri, Giulio Cesare (p. 246)

Mazzarini, Giulio (p. 248)

Borromeo, Federico (p. 248)

id. (p. 249)

[Gonzaga, Pirro], Prince of Bozzolo (p. 250)

Borromeo, Federico (p. 250)

Albertini, Cesare (p. 251)

Maddelana N. (p. 252)

Branca, Laerzio (p. 253)

Chiara, Polisena on the account of Gueggi d'Acquapendente, Margherita (p. 254)

Paolucci, Tommaso (p. 255)

Marescucci, Mario (p. 256)

Mazzarini, Giulio (p. 256)

Cortesi, Cortese (p. 257)

Primicilio, Guido (p. 259)

Gonzaga, [Francesco], Bishop of Mantua (p. 260)

Gonzaga, Ferdinando (p. 261)

Zucchi, Bartolomeo. Roma, September 12, 1597 (p. 262)

id. Roma, January 10, 1598 (p. 264)

id. Roma, May 9, 1598 (p. 266)

id. Roma, July 18, 1598 (p. 267)

id. Roma (p. 268)

id. Roma (p. 269)

Petrucci, Alessandro. Roma (p. 270)

Tasso, Torquato. Roma (p. 270)

A Messer Andrea... Bologna (p. 271)

Giganti, Antonio. Roma (p. 272)

Torelli, Lelio. Roma (p. 273)

Gigli, Francesco. Roma (p. 274)

Tasso, Torquato. Roma (p. 274)

Henry III, King of France on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, December 21, 1587 (p. 275)

[Maximilian], Archduke of Austria on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, December 30, 1587 (p. 276)

[Charles Emmanuel], Duke of Savoy on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, January 9, 1588 (p. 277)

[Medici, Ferdinando de'], Grand Duke of Tuscany on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, January 1, 1588 (p. 278)

Caietani, [Enrico], Patriarch of Alexandria on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, July 23, 1588 (p. 279)

Di Capua, Annibale, Archbishop of Naples on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma (p. 279)

[Colonna, Marco Antonio], Archbishop of Salerno on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, January 8, 1588 (p. 280)

[Carafa, Ferdinando II], Duke of Nocera on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma (p. 281)

Masetti, [Giulio], Bishop of Reggio Emilia on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma (p. 282)

[Vitturi, Lorenzo?], Bishop of Crete on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 19, 1588 (p. 282)

Priuli, [Lorenzo], Patriarch of Venice on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, February 2, 1591 (p. 283)

Farnese, Duarte on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, September 29, 1590 (p. 284)

[Cabrera, Diego Fernández de], Count of Cincione on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 21, 1588 (p. 284)

Cannobio, [Giovanni Francesco Mazza di] on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma (p. 285)

Colonna, Giulio, Prince of Palestrina on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, December 21, 1587 (p. 286)

Landriani, [Fabrizio], Governor of Camerino on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma (p. 287)

San Bonifacio, Achille di on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma (p. 287)

Archdeacon of Padua on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, January 19, 1588 (p. 288)

Padre Commissario di Corte de' Minori Osservanti on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, January 19, 1588 (p. 289)

Tasso, Torquato on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, April 29, 1588 (p. 289)

Guarini, [Giovanni] Battista on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, December 30, 1587 (p. 290)

Caponi, Orazio on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, December 30, 1587 (p. 291)

Brunetti, Giulio on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, April 14, 1588 (p. 292)

Farnese, [Odoardo] on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 6, 1591 (p. 293)

Montelbore Cardinal (?)on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, January 24, 1590 (p. 293)

Paravicini, [Ottavio] on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 6, 1591 (p. 294)

Morosini, [Gian Francesco]on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, August 12, 1588 (p. 295)

[Henri I^er], Duke of Longueville on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, April 5, 1588 (p. 296)

[Gonzaga, Caterina], Duchess of Longueville on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, April 5, 1588 (p. 296)

[Medici, Ferdinando de'], Grand Duke of Tuscany on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 29, 1591 (p. 297)

[Ernest of Bavaria], Archbishop of Cologne on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, January 9, 1592 (p. 298)

[Leoni, Paolo], Bishop of Ferrara on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, December 15, 1587 (p. 299)

A Signori Antiani, et Confalonieri della Repubblica di Lucca (To the Seniors and Confalonieri of the Republic of Lucca) on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, July 8, 1588 (p. 300)

Guarini, [Giovanni Battista] on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, September 30, 1587 (p. 301)

[Farnese, Alessandro], Duke of Parma on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 6, 1589 (p. 302)

[Farnese, Ranuccio], Prince of Parma on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 18, 1589 (p. 303)

[Della Rovere, Francesco Maria], Duke of Urbino on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 8, 1589 (p. 304)

[Farnese, Vittoria] on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 8, 1589 (p. 304)

[Gonzaga, Margherita], Duchess of Sabbioneta on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 2, 1591 (p. 305)

[Carafa, Luigi], Prince of Stigliano on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 1, 1591 (p. 306)

[Gonzaga, Isabella], Princess of Stigliano on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 2, 1591 (p. 307)

Gregory XIV on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Di Casa, March 1, 1592 [i.e. 1591] (p. 307)

[Gonzaga, Vincenzo], Duke of Mantua on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, July 6, 1591 (p. 308)

[Della Rovere, Francesco Maria], Duke of Urbino on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, March 6, 1591 (p. 309)

[Guzman, Diego Enriquez], Viceré of Sicily on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, July 5, 1591 (p. 310)

[Acquaviva, Marcello], Archbishop [of Otranto] on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, January 19, 1591 (p. 310)

[Henriette of Cleves], Duchess of Nevers on the account of Gonzaga, Scipione. Roma, July 6, 1591 (p. 311)

Giacomo Pergamini was born at Fossombrone in 1531. After the first studies in Rome, he enrolled at the Universities of Padua and Bologna, where he graduated in law. He then became a cleric and accompanied to Trent, as a secretary, Carlo Visconti, bishop of Ventimiglia. With the latter he also visited Vienna and the imperial court of emperor Maximilian. After Visconti's death in 1566, Pergamini decided to return to Italy. He settled in Rome, became secretary to cardinal Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni, and was elected canon of the church of Sant'Angelo in Foro Piscario. Later he was called as a provost to Fossombrone, where he stayed for seven years. After a while he came back to Rome and entered the service of Scipione Gonzaga, Patriarch of Jerusalem. With the latter he attended the Diet of Augsburg convened by emperor Rudolph II. In the last years of his life Pergamini devoted himself to the study of the Italian language and upon request of Ludovico Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, wrote a Dizionario, which was published in 1601. He also issued a Memoriale della lingua italiana (1602) and a Trattato della lingua (1613) and left many unpublished manuscripts on this topic. He died on November 5, 1615 (cf. G. Dehò, ed., Lettere di Giacomo Pergamino con brevi notizie sulla vita e sulle opere dello stesso, Torino, 1878, pp. 5-14).

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