De arte bibendi lib. quatuor, et arte jocandi lib. quatuor. Accedunt Artis amandi, dansandi practica, item Meretricum fides: aliaque faceta.

2 parts in 1 vol., 12mo: [1, 1 bl., 6]-135 (= 143), [1]-280 pp. (sl. toned).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (sl. loosening). Good copy.

Collection of humanistic and erotic stories in Latin verse or prose. In verse: the Bavarian humanist son of a cook V. Obsopeus (fl. 1528-1548) on the art of drinking without getting drunk, and Matthaeus Delio (fl. 1523-1544) "De arte jocandi" (on joking); in prose: the famous story "Historia Euriali & Lucretiae" (The Tale of Two Lovers) by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (1405-1464, Pope Pius II), and an essay by the Italian humanist Filippo Beroaldo (1453-1505); in macaronic verse: "Ad suos compagnones studiantes" on dancing, by the French lawyer Antonius Arena (1500-1544). Woodcut mark on title, woodcut device on part titles. General title and 1st part title in red and black.
Ref. STCN 840192673. - Willems 1650. - Gay/Lemonnyer I:792. - Cp. Oberlé, Fastes, 1017 (1st ed.). - Cp. Simon (Bacchica) II:476 (1st ed.).