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Florence, Giunti, 1556. In 8°. Half leather binding with gold trim. Spine with 4 corners, title, year and city in gold. Ex libris on the inside cover. Printer's device on the frontispiece and at the end. Light browning. Pencil marks.
Specialist Notes
First edition of a very rare comedy , found in anonymous manuscript, according to the letter of Benedetto Busini to Filippo Giunti, which precedes the text. It is believed to be the work of Busini himself, or, more properly attributed to Gelli. Set in Florence, it consists of a prologue and five acts. It follows the pattern of a love skirmish, with very licentious implications; curious is the fact that the beautiful Polifila, daughter of one of the protagonists, to whom the comedy is dedicated, does not appear among its characters. A fine example (some small stains, lower corner of the last blank f. restored).
Melzi, Diz. anonymous works II, p.356. Soleinne IV, 4238: ''She is rare. On and find all the license of the Arétin et de Machiavel''. Clubb 18Laces 636. Not in Rasi. Camerini 162 (wrong pagination). Gay, Biblical. de l'Amour III, 807-8: ''Pièce très licensieuse''.
Melzi, Diz. anonymous works II, p.356. Soleinne IV, 4238: ''She is rare. On and find all the license of the Arétin et de Machiavel''. Clubb 18Laces 636. Not in Rasi. Camerini 162 (wrong pagination). Gay, Biblical. de l'Amour III, 807-8: ''Pièce très licensieuse''.
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