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	ANSTEY, CHRISTOPHER. The new Bath guide: or, Memoirs of the B-N-R-D family. In a series of poetical epistles ... London, Printed by C. Whittingham ... for the Associate Booksellers, Vernor and Hood (etc.), 1800, New edition. 16cm; viii, 155 pages, and 5 engraved plates illustrating comic scenes from the text after Baynes. Bound in 1/4 calf over marbled boards, decorated in gilt on spine with interesting winged pelican motif. Joints tender. Occasional light foxing. Early owner's name in ink on front blank (Nathaniel Micklethwaite) and armorial bookplate. ¶ Satirical letters in verse describing the adventures of the bumptious "Blunderhead Family" at Bath. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 166 \| £UK 151 \| JP¥ 21499] Book number: 3846 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	ARETINO, PIETRO. The Ragionamenti or Dialogues of the Divine Pietro Aretino Literally translated into English Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1889. 20cm; 6 volumes. Title pages printed in red and black. Portrait frontispiece. Bound in publisher's wraps. Untrimmed. Spines peeling. Some foxing on wraps. One quire held weakly in volume 1. ¶ Lively translation of Aretino's pornographic satire on high-minded Renaissance philosophies of love. Aretino bursts in on Plato's Symposium with discussions of a more familiar sort of love. USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 \| £UK 48.5 \| JP¥ 6880] Book number: 4144 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	A'BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT. The Comic History of Rome. London, Bradbury, Evans & Co. 308 pages, pictorial title page and 10 hand-colored steel engraved plates by John Leech. 100 wood engraved illustrations in text. Bound in 19th-cnetury half green calf over marbled boards. Marbled edges and endpapers. Binding rubbed away at edges and extremities. Child's pencil marks on rear blank. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 2802 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	BERNI, FRANCESCO (1497-1535). Rime e lettere ... aggiuntovi la Catrina, il Mogliazzo, il Dialogo contro i poeti, e le poesie latine. Florence, G. Barbera,, 1863. 11cm; xvii, [1], 461, [3] pages, and steel engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound in original publisher's wraps. Bookplate. Shelf wear, corners bumped, but no frays, tears or stains. ¶ The comic poet Francesco Berni is still underappreciated and largely unknown to anglophone readers. According to the Britannica (11th ed), "Berni stands at the head of Italian comic or burlesque poets. For lightness, sparkling wit, variety of form and fluent diction, his verses are unsurpassed." This pocket edition includes his poems, letters, plays, a literary essay in dialogue form, and latin verse. USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 \| £UK 33.25 \| JP¥ 4730] Book number: 4126 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	BURGESS, GELETT (1866-1951). Theory of Nonsense: typed letter, signed. New York, December 9, 1939. 28 cm; 1 page on Burgess's monogramed letterhead, to "Hughes," signed with monogram in ink. 43 lines, including salutations and four quatrains of verse. Usual folds, toned at edges. Two closed tears along top edge. ¶ Letter discussing the theoretical template for nonsense verse from the author of one of the most enduring nonsense quatrains, "I never saw a purple cow." The letter is certainly to Rupert Hughes (1872-1956), author, director and, incidentally, uncle of Howard Hughes. Burgess writes, "I have discovered a sure-fire formula for Nonsense Verses-especially the double couplet, much superior to the quatrain." Burgess supplies four delightful examples illustrating the secret, including "The public marvels, I suppose, that I paint pictures with my nose. If there is any mystery to it, It isn't How, it's Why I do it.". USD 400.00 [Appr.: EURO 265.25 \| £UK 241.5 \| JP¥ 34398] Book number: 4583 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	JAMES FREDERICK MASON. Cupid's Game with Hearts. A tale told by documents. San Francisco, Dodge Book and Stationery, 1897. 31cm; 18 leaves, each leaf bearing an illustration by Stella Alys Wittram and a facsimile document. Bound in faux vellum paper over plush boards, with gilt-stamped illustration on top board. Covers frayed along spine and rubbed at corners. ¶ This clever book narrates a love story through "documentary evidence." The text is composed exclusively of tipped-in facsimiles of letters, telegrams and newspaper clippings. Read in sequence, these letters and reports describe a courtship, its obstacles, its near failure, and its full recovery. Charming. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 3963 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	[MICHEL DIEULAFOY; SEWRIN ET DUMERSAN] PLAYBILL. Portrait de Michel Cervantes, ou L'Intrigue Espagnole ... suivie d'un representation des Anglaises, pour rire, ou La Table et le logement. Calais, Imprimerie de Leroy fils, 1817. Folio sheet (44 x 32 cm); woodcut border. Capitals in woodblock type. Expertly matted. ¶ Rare playbill announcing a performance at Calais of the popular comedy, Portrait de Michel Cervantes, by Michel Dieulafoy (1762-1823). Dieulafoy was a prolific librettist who wrote over a hundred light operas, comedies and farces to great acclaim. His "Portrait of Cervantes" first appeared on stage in 1799, was published in 1802, and translated into English by Charles Kemble (Fanny Kemble's father) in 1808. The play was vigorous enough to remain in repertory for twenty years. (Contemporary with the "Portrait of Cervantes," Dieulafoy wrote a similar 3-act comedy about Rabelais, "Le quart d'heure de Rabelais" [1799] and a small opera about Milton to music by Gaspare Spontini.) The second item on the program was a one-act musical comedy. The director, Frédérick Lemetheyer, later became director of the Theatre Odéon in Paris. USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 497.5 \| £UK 452.5 \| JP¥ 64496] Book number: 3955 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	REGNIER, MATHURIN. Oeuvres completes. Paris, P. Jannet, 1853. 12mo; 17 cm., lv, 340, ads., Red cloth, stamped in blind, titled in gilt on spine., Water stains along bottom edge of casing; some spotting in text., One of the great wits of his age, Regnier wrote satires in alexandrines after the manner of Horace and Juvenal. No less an authority than Sainte Beuve compared them to Flemish paintings for their vigor, their precision and light. Includes an essay on the history of satire in France. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 34 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.

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	ANSTEY, CHRISTOPHER. The new Bath guide: or, Memoirs of the B-N-R-D family. In a series of poetical epistles ... London, Printed by C. Whittingham ... for the Associate Booksellers, Vernor and Hood (etc.), 1800, New edition. 16cm; viii, 155 pages, and 5 engraved plates illustrating comic scenes from the text after Baynes. Bound in 1/4 calf over marbled boards, decorated in gilt on spine with interesting winged pelican motif. Joints tender. Occasional light foxing. Early owner's name in ink on front blank (Nathaniel Micklethwaite) and armorial bookplate. ¶ Satirical letters in verse describing the adventures of the bumptious "Blunderhead Family" at Bath. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 166 \| £UK 151 \| JP¥ 21499] Book number: 3846 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	ARETINO, PIETRO. The Ragionamenti or Dialogues of the Divine Pietro Aretino Literally translated into English Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1889. 20cm; 6 volumes. Title pages printed in red and black. Portrait frontispiece. Bound in publisher's wraps. Untrimmed. Spines peeling. Some foxing on wraps. One quire held weakly in volume 1. ¶ Lively translation of Aretino's pornographic satire on high-minded Renaissance philosophies of love. Aretino bursts in on Plato's Symposium with discussions of a more familiar sort of love. USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 \| £UK 48.5 \| JP¥ 6880] Book number: 4144 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	A'BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT. The Comic History of Rome. London, Bradbury, Evans & Co. 308 pages, pictorial title page and 10 hand-colored steel engraved plates by John Leech. 100 wood engraved illustrations in text. Bound in 19th-cnetury half green calf over marbled boards. Marbled edges and endpapers. Binding rubbed away at edges and extremities. Child's pencil marks on rear blank. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 2802 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	BERNI, FRANCESCO (1497-1535). Rime e lettere ... aggiuntovi la Catrina, il Mogliazzo, il Dialogo contro i poeti, e le poesie latine. Florence, G. Barbera,, 1863. 11cm; xvii, [1], 461, [3] pages, and steel engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound in original publisher's wraps. Bookplate. Shelf wear, corners bumped, but no frays, tears or stains. ¶ The comic poet Francesco Berni is still underappreciated and largely unknown to anglophone readers. According to the Britannica (11th ed), "Berni stands at the head of Italian comic or burlesque poets. For lightness, sparkling wit, variety of form and fluent diction, his verses are unsurpassed." This pocket edition includes his poems, letters, plays, a literary essay in dialogue form, and latin verse. USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 \| £UK 33.25 \| JP¥ 4730] Book number: 4126 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	BURGESS, GELETT (1866-1951). Theory of Nonsense: typed letter, signed. New York, December 9, 1939. 28 cm; 1 page on Burgess's monogramed letterhead, to "Hughes," signed with monogram in ink. 43 lines, including salutations and four quatrains of verse. Usual folds, toned at edges. Two closed tears along top edge. ¶ Letter discussing the theoretical template for nonsense verse from the author of one of the most enduring nonsense quatrains, "I never saw a purple cow." The letter is certainly to Rupert Hughes (1872-1956), author, director and, incidentally, uncle of Howard Hughes. Burgess writes, "I have discovered a sure-fire formula for Nonsense Verses-especially the double couplet, much superior to the quatrain." Burgess supplies four delightful examples illustrating the secret, including "The public marvels, I suppose, that I paint pictures with my nose. If there is any mystery to it, It isn't How, it's Why I do it.". USD 400.00 [Appr.: EURO 265.25 \| £UK 241.5 \| JP¥ 34398] Book number: 4583 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	JAMES FREDERICK MASON. Cupid's Game with Hearts. A tale told by documents. San Francisco, Dodge Book and Stationery, 1897. 31cm; 18 leaves, each leaf bearing an illustration by Stella Alys Wittram and a facsimile document. Bound in faux vellum paper over plush boards, with gilt-stamped illustration on top board. Covers frayed along spine and rubbed at corners. ¶ This clever book narrates a love story through "documentary evidence." The text is composed exclusively of tipped-in facsimiles of letters, telegrams and newspaper clippings. Read in sequence, these letters and reports describe a courtship, its obstacles, its near failure, and its full recovery. Charming. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 3963 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	[MICHEL DIEULAFOY; SEWRIN ET DUMERSAN] PLAYBILL. Portrait de Michel Cervantes, ou L'Intrigue Espagnole ... suivie d'un representation des Anglaises, pour rire, ou La Table et le logement. Calais, Imprimerie de Leroy fils, 1817. Folio sheet (44 x 32 cm); woodcut border. Capitals in woodblock type. Expertly matted. ¶ Rare playbill announcing a performance at Calais of the popular comedy, Portrait de Michel Cervantes, by Michel Dieulafoy (1762-1823). Dieulafoy was a prolific librettist who wrote over a hundred light operas, comedies and farces to great acclaim. His "Portrait of Cervantes" first appeared on stage in 1799, was published in 1802, and translated into English by Charles Kemble (Fanny Kemble's father) in 1808. The play was vigorous enough to remain in repertory for twenty years. (Contemporary with the "Portrait of Cervantes," Dieulafoy wrote a similar 3-act comedy about Rabelais, "Le quart d'heure de Rabelais" [1799] and a small opera about Milton to music by Gaspare Spontini.) The second item on the program was a one-act musical comedy. The director, Frédérick Lemetheyer, later became director of the Theatre Odéon in Paris. USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 497.5 \| £UK 452.5 \| JP¥ 64496] Book number: 3955 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.
	REGNIER, MATHURIN. Oeuvres completes. Paris, P. Jannet, 1853. 12mo; 17 cm., lv, 340, ads., Red cloth, stamped in blind, titled in gilt on spine., Water stains along bottom edge of casing; some spotting in text., One of the great wits of his age, Regnier wrote satires in alexandrines after the manner of Horace and Juvenal. No less an authority than Sainte Beuve compared them to Flemish paintings for their vigor, their precision and light. Includes an essay on the history of satire in France. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 34 Click here to order or inquire at Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio.