SCELTA DI PROSE E POESIE ITALIANE

Londra: Giovanni Nourse, 1765. Hardcover. 12mo., [4], iv, 349, [1] pages; VG; bound in contemporary mottled calf, paneled spine with gilt stamping, red morocco label with gilt titling; mild rubbing and wear; old small label to spine; marbled endpapers; red speckled text block; green ribbon; With a half-title; early ownership markings on recto and verso of the second free endpaper; small stain (oil?) along upper fore corner from endpaper through page 75; scarce; shelved case 3. ESTC: N21491;


Collection of erotic and obscene short stories and epistles in prose and verse. Contains, among others, 'Il Gazzettino del Gigli,' 'Epistola d'Elisa ad Abelardo,' 'Panegirico sopra la carità pelosa,' 'Capitolo di Orazio Persiani a Matteo Novelli,' 'Il Cotal bruciolato capitolo,' 'Lettera ad Urania,' and 'Ode a Priapo.'. 1331483. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. (Inventory #: 1331483)