[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Bracciolini's mock-heroic poem. Florence: 1618

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(ITALIAN LITERATURE) Bracciolini, Francesco. DELLO SCHERNO DE GLI DEI, Poema 
Piacevole con la Filide Civettina e Col’ Batino... Florence: Apresso I. 
Giunti. 1618. First edition. Sm. 4to. ff.4,(4) plus 252,(2)pp. Woodcut device on 
title. Each of the 14 cantos with a decorative woodcut capital. Each page of text 
within an ornamental type border. Cont. limp vellum, soiled, hand lettered 
spine, 1” chip at head of spine. 2 cont. ownership signatures in blank portions 
of title.     $650.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of Bracciolini’s (1566-1645) best known work, a mock-heroic 
poem that parodies the use of pagan deities in Italian literature. It centers on 
Venus’ revenge against her husband Vulcan who caught her in adultery with 
Mars.

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