ARENA , Antonius de : - Antonius de Arena provençalis de Bragardissima villa de Soleriis ad suos compagnones , qui sont de persona friantes, bassas Dansas et Branlos practictantes, nouvellos perquam plurimos mandat.

Londini ( Paris ), sans éditeur ( Antoine-Urbain II Coustelier ) , 1758, in-12°, engraved title +(4)nn pp ( lettre de l'éditeur) + xiv pp + 94 pp . Bound in contemporary mottled calf , triple fillets on both covers, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, binding with some use, upper joint partly split, interior good. (Still a good copy). This is an 18th c. reprint of a 1520 edition. The author , born at Souliers ( near Toulon) introduced in France the socalled macaronic petry. This was a mixture of words in French, Latin and Provençal. Most of the poetry here is in latin. PP 83-91 contain poetry by Rémy Belleau.. .