Doctae nugae Gaudentii Joeosi, consistentes in diversis narrationibus et eventibus hujus temporis; scitu non tam jucundis ad fallendum tempus occasione . . ..

Solisbaci:: Impens. J.L. Bugelii, 1713., 1713. Small 12mo. A-N12. [x], 286, [14] pp. Copperplate frontispiece of entertainers, dancing animals, and time on Pegasus signed J.C.R. Contemporary paste-paper covered boards; rebacked with rouge kozo. Very good. Second edition (first issued in 1710). "A collection of anecdotes and amusing miscellany, e.g.: fraudulent surgery (pp.13-15), verbal trickery ["argutia" pp.35-36], on the magic tricks of Faust (pp. 49-50), a poem to Galileo's Somnium [pp.69-74], a satire against the French (pp. 69-74) in rhymed Goliardic verse, the evil lawyer (p.84), and a brief comedy (pp. 247-259) Doctorandus Molieri." Full title: Doctae nugae Gaudentii Joeosi, consistentes in diversis narrationibus et eventibus hujus temporis; scitu non tam jucundis ad fallendum tempus occasione honesti otii quam utilibus ad diversos hominum mores corrigendos. Per risum conclusum est contra melancholicos. (Inventory #: LV2026)