[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 16th c. ed. of Doni's work on his 7 imaginary worlds & 7 "inferni"

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Doni, Antonio Francesco. MONDI CELESTI TERRESTRI, & INFERNALI... [ed. by B. 
Macchietta]. Vicenza: Gli Heredi di Perin (at the Press of Georgio Greco). 
1597. 2 parts in 1, each with its own title page. Sm. 8vo. (16),431,(15)pp. 
Large printer’s device on the verso of a preliminary leaf and at the back of 
the second part. Woodcut portrait of the author on the title of the second 
part. 19th century red morocco, hinges repaired. A.e.g. The first gathering 
is complete but misbound, a few small scrapes on the title page.     $650.00 
(trade discount allowed)
Scarce later 16th century edition of Doni’s interesting text "The Worlds." 
It describes seven "mondi" and seven imaginary "inferni". "The Sixth World", 
called both "The Mad World" and "The Wise World", is a utopia which in a 
general way echoes that of Sir Thomas More: it is presumably the first 
instance of an Italian work influenced by an English work. Adams D828.

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