Compassionevole Istoria Dell'infelice successo per cagion d'amore tra Giovan Fiore, e Filomena Occorso nel Monte di Fiesole vicino alla Cittá di Firenze..
[Florence? : s.n.,
179-?]
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"Illustrated verse chapbook of the love, secret trysts and eventual suicides, by drowning (she) and hanging (he), of two young people kept apart by an obdurate father. The dual burial and the mother's final recriminations close this tragic tale with high drama. Partly narrative and partly dialogue, this text first appeared in the early 1500s and was popular with women, children and the lower classes into the 19th century.
Love stories, Italian