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Opus Macaronicorum
by Folengo, Girolamo (in religion Teofilo)
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Narberth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Toscolano: Alessandro dei Paganini, 1521. Mid-19th century crushed blind-ruled red morocco (rubbed), gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt, blue silk marker.
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION AND THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THESE WONDERFUL STRONGLY MODELLED WOODCUTS.
THIS WORK ESTABLISHED THE NEW LITERARY GENRE OF MACARONICS, the comic literary practice of mixing Latin words and Italian words with Latin inflections. Rabelais placed this title in the imaginary library of St. Victor.
The most celebrated piece relates the adventures of Baldus (a prince raised as a peasant) and his friends, the giant Fracasso, the rogue Cingar and the dog-man Falchetto, who end up in a giant pumpkin where poets, philosophers and other liars suffer diabolic dentistry. The final eight cantos are published here for the first time as is his "Battle of Flies and Ants". In good condition (title soiled, a couple of minor spots).
¶Elie, "Alessandro dei Paganini" in Gutenberg Jahrbuch 1967 99-103 no. 18; Nuovo, Alessandro Paganino 51; Balsamo & Tinto, "I Corsivi dei Paganini" in Origini del corsivo 79-101, 79 "independent models, never copied" (tr.), 86 & fig. 24; Sander, Le Livre à figure italien 2832; Brunet II: 1317 "much sought after...very difficult to find" (tr.); EDIT16 CNCE 19359.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bruce McKittrick Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10890
- Title
- Opus Macaronicorum
- Author
- Folengo, Girolamo (in religion Teofilo)
- Format/Binding
- Mid-19th century crushed blind-ruled red morocco (rubbed), gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt, blue silk marker
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alessandro dei Paganini
- Place of Publication
- Toscolano
- Date Published
- 1521
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Bruce McKittrick Rare Books
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Narberth, Pennsylvania
About Bruce McKittrick Rare Books
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