PORTA (called SALVIATI) GIUSEPPE Il Mondo Rovesciato or Worl

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PORTA (called SALVIATI), GIUSEPPE. Il Mondo Rovesciato, or World Turned Upside Down. 28 mounted India-proof engraved plates by F. C. Lewis after Porta (1520-75). 12 pages. Large 8vo, contemporary 1/2 red morocco, spine ends chipped, front cover detached, cover corners worn; few plates foxed. London, 1822

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first edition, apparently limited to a small number, with only 30 subscribers listed. The illustrations are paired with nonsense couplets describing reversals of familiar situations (e. g., "Endued with brute intelligence, the Cart / Is yoked, and draws the Oxen to the mart").