FOLENGO TEOFILO Opus Macaronicorum 1585

Sale 2000 - Lot 105

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FOLENGO, TEOFILO. Opus Merlini Cocaii [pseud.] poetae Mantuani Macaronicorum. 26 woodcut text illustrations. 542, [6] pages. 12mo, early 19th-century 1/4 sheep, spine ends damaged; minor worming in upper inner corner of opening leaves not affecting legibility, Q6.7 loose. Venice: Domenicus de Imbertis, 1585

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Illustrated edition of the best-known 16th-century work of macaronic verse, blending Latin and Italian for comic effect. Wilkins, pages 205-07.