1585 ILLUSTRATED MACARONIC POETRY MERLINI COCAII antique 16th CENTURY
img{max-width:100%} 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: Dominico de Imberti, 1585.A curious edition of this famous satirical work , illustrated with 27 engravingsSize 3 by 5.5" Printer's device on the title, woodcut vignettes in text and engraved initials.Trimmed, 19th-century green morocco bindingWear, some spots, one page lower corner margin repaired, some foxingText in Latin==================================