Item #044449 Nugae venales, Sive, Thesaurus Ridendi & Jocandi. anon., Publius Porcium, Johannes Placentius.
Nugae venales, Sive, Thesaurus Ridendi & Jocandi
Nugae venales, Sive, Thesaurus Ridendi & Jocandi
Nugae venales, Sive, Thesaurus Ridendi & Jocandi

Nugae venales, Sive, Thesaurus Ridendi & Jocandi

[Amsterdam]: Prostant apud Neminem; sed tamen Ubique, 1642.

First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Good Condition. Item #044449

Contemporary vellum, worn and discolored, loss to bottom right fore edge, front endpaper loose, front inner joint cracked; sound overall. First edition of this much reprinted collection of bawdy verse - bound as issued with Crepundia Poetica Somniata and Pugna Porcorum per P. Porcium. The latter, a famous and wholly remarkable 253 line macaronic poem which originally appeared around 1530 where each word begins with the letter P - it was reprinted well into the 18th century, often alone. These latter two works pages have been intermingled, but both are complete. [4], 336, 44, 48pp. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 044449.

Price: $450.00