Luigi TANSILLO
Stanze di cultura sopra gli horti de le donne, stampate nuovamente. Et historiate [avec] Stanze in lode della mentaStanze di cultura sopra gli horti de le donne, newly printed and illustrated [with] Stanze in praise of mint
s. l. • [Venise] [Venice] 1537|14.60 x 9.20 cm|2 textes reliés en 1 volume
Rare edition of this bawdy tale, complete in two parts published separately. It is illustrated with four wood-engraved vignettes, borrowed from Decameron of Boccace (Venice, 1531) and ingeniously twisted to suit their context. This edition is the first text of the author and is unique in that it has not been corrected. The book will be translated in French only in 1792.
Modern binding in full red morocco, the spine in five compartments, gilt date and title, golden fillets surround the cover, the endpaper and pastedown of vellum.
Provenance: Library of Gianni de Marco with its book plate and itsseal.
No copies in an American Library, one in the British...
€9,000