Few pages browned. See Perosa and Sparrow, Renaissance Latin Verse , xxiv, n.16. The great Latin poetry of the Renaissance was frequently circulated in anthologies. Lusus in venerem. Backstrip paneled in gilt, with fleurons.
All edges gilt.
First printed edition of the book that scandalized Renaissance Italy, Panormita's The Hermaphrodite . The anthology also includes the sweet love poetry of Giovanni Pontano, Johannes Secundus, Ramusius and Pacificus Maximus. Robert Sara, 1649. Bound modern faux calf over boards. Pages uniformly toned.