1540 BURLESQUE POETRY by Francesco Berni antique Tutte le Opere del Bernia

img{max-width:100%} Berni, Francesco (1497 / 98-1535)Tutte le Opere del Bernia in Terza Rima, Nuovamente con Somma Diligentia Stampate.[Venice: no printer], 1540.Octavo, with poetic contributions by Berni, Francesco Maria Molza, Benedetto Varchi, Giovanni Mauro, Giovanni Della Casa, Giovanni Francesco Bini, and Lodovico Dolce text in a single column in italic type throughout, split into three different parts with sectional title-page for each, rebound in modern full leather, with extensive modern notes on flyleaves taken by an Italian reader with an interest in eroticaProvenance:Title page marked with initials "GDSR" in ink, most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel ("AHA") at rear.Size 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.168 leaves (336 pages)Text in ItalianA desirable representative of the burlesque poetry genre=================================================Francesco Berni (1497/98 – May 26, 1535) was an Italian poet. He is credited for beginning what is no