BARUFFALDI, GIROLAMO [GRILLO PSEUD.] - Canti Dieci D'Enante Vignaiuolo
Venezia [Venice], Homobon Bettanino, 1738, Second Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo. [12], 244Pp. Frontis. + 10 Vigs. Fine/No Jacket.¶ Satirical medical poem by a Bolognese physician, printed same year as the first edition with new comic illustrations. The works of Baruffaldi [1675-1755] are now important for study of 18th century mores. Frontis. + 10 Etched. Vigs. one for each canto. The lovely plates are in the Venetian taste . Morazzoni, P.226, [Venetian illustration] not noting the Front. RLin, 2 Locs, both lacking the Frontis. Melzi I, P.356, Graesse I, 305, only the first issue, without these illustrations, of the same year. Not in Gamba.Orig. vellum, Manus. title on spine, VG..
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