[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Stigliani's "Dello Occhiale". Venice: 1627

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(ITALIAN LITERATURE) Stigliani, Tommaso. DELLO OCCHIALE Opera Difensiva... 
Scritta in Riposta al Cavalier Gio: Battista Marini... Venice: Pietro 
Carampello. 1627. First edition. 12mo. 520pp. Woodcut device on title. Orig. thin paper 
boards, a bit soiled, head of spine chipped. Minor worming of title affecting 
one letter of the imprint.     $375.00 (trade discount allowed)
Stigliani (1573-1651) was a poet and literary critic best known for his 
virulent feud with Giambattista Marino (1569-1625). This work continues the feud 
(even though his rival had died 2 years earlier) with his attack on Marino’s “
Adone.”

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