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POGGIUS FLORENTINUS [i. e., GIAN FRANCESCO POGGIO BRACCIOLINI]. Facetiae. [79] (of [100]) leaves; lacks first 7 leaves (tables) and last 14 (text). Roman type. Decorated manuscript initial M at beginning of text. 4to, 208x151 mm, old boards, spine darkened and worn, rear joint partly cracked; marginal dampstaining in second half of volume with traces of mold, worsening toward end with paper corrosion and tears causing text loss on last 2 leaves. [Rome: Georgius Lauer, circa 1470]
One of 3 undated editions of undetermined priority of a collection of comic and partly obscene anecdotes, the best-known Renaissance work of its kind. Poggio (1380-1459) was a papal secretary and humanist who contributed significantly to the revival of classical learning through his discoveries of early manuscripts. Copinger 4785; Reichling 1919; ISTC ip00855000 (5 copies in Europe, only the Yale and Morgan Library copies in North America).
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