Live auction - Lot 889
[Poetry]
Il primo [- terzo] libro dell'opere burlesche [...]. Ricorretto, e con diligenza ristampato.
Usecht al Reno [= Rome], J. Broedelet, 1771
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
3 vol., 8vo: iii/xvi [incl. portrait]-414, 328, 359 pp. (1st bl. in vol. I missing, sl. marg. damp stains, some soiling, staining in vol. III).
Contemp. half marbled sheep with sm. corners, marbled paper covers, gilt-ruled flat spines, blue spr. edges (sl. rubbed).
Collection of burlesque poetry from the Renaisance with the intention to prove the quality of Fr. Berni's verses. Along Berni, it contains poems of G. Fr. Bini, L. Dolce, B. Varchi, L. Martelli, P. Aretino, Lorenzo de' Medici, Fr. Ruspoli, Alfonso de' Pazzi, etc. The first vol. (1st 1548) is edited by Anton Francesco Grazzini. Illustrated with the portrait of Francesco Berni and 3 different title-vignettes.
Ref. Brunet I:801. - STCN. - Not in Gamba.
Prov. Martelli (ms. entry).