Il secondo libro dell'Opere Burlesche,

di M. Francesco Berni, del Molza, di M. Bino, di M. Lodovico Martelli. Di Mattio Francesi, dell'Aretino, et di diversi autori.

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  • Florence: heredi di Bernardo Giunti, 1555
By Berni, Francesco, and others.
Florence: heredi di Bernardo Giunti, 1555. First edition. Lacks P2 to Q2. Octavo (16 cm); [4], 187, [1] leaves, LACKING leaves 114-122, with text by Pietro Aretino, excised at an early date. Giunti device on title page and on last page. One woodcut initial. In c18 sheep. Spine decorated in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Rather worn, joints cracked but holding, leather peeling from spine with slight loss.

References: Pettas, Florence, #326; Gamba 159, CNCE 5550.

An admittedly unhappy copy of the very rare first printing of the second anthology of satiric and contrarian writing by Francesco Berni and his circle, following the first compilation seven years earlier. Among the poets represented in this set are "Bronzino Pittore," Giovanni Andrea Dell'Anguillara, and Lodovico Domenichi.

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Title

Il secondo libro dell'Opere Burlesche,

Author

Berni, Francesco, and others.

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

heredi di Bernardo Giunti: Florence

Date

1555

Edition

First edition


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