1581 ILLUSTRATED MACARONIC POETRY MERLINI COCAII antique 16th CENTURY RARE
img{max-width:100%} Merlinus Coccaius (= T. Folengo). FOLENGO Teofilo (1491-1544) Opus Merlinicocaii Poetae Mantuani Macarronicum. Totum in pristinam formam per me Magistrum Acquarium Lodolam optime redactum, in his infra notatus diuisum: ZANITONELLA. Quae de amore Tonelli arga Zaninam tractat. Quae constat ex XIII. Sonolegiis, VII. Ecclogis, & una Strambotolegia. PHANTHASIAE, Macaronicon, diuisum in XXV. Macaronicis, tractans de gestismagnanimi, & prudentissimi Baldi. MOCHAEAE, Facetus liber in tribus partibus diuisos, & tractans decruentocertamine Muscarum & Formicarum. LIBELLUS, Epistolarum, & Epigrammatum, ad varias personas directarumVenice, Horatius de Gobbis, 1581541,(9)p.Woodcut title-vignette and 27 engraved text illustrationsOriginal blindstamped calf rebacked with matching later gilt calf backstripSize about 3 by 5.5" Printer's device on the title, woodcut vignettes in text and engraved initials.Very good interior condition, front cover is almost detached