Facetiae selectiores: Quibus Ob Argumenti Similitudinem Accesserunt
Amsterdam: Ioh. Ianssomium, 1651.
Later Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Very Good Condition. Item #044733
Full contemporary sheep, worn at the corners, hinges cracked but binding holding; a few marginal pencil marks, light foxing, small wormtrail in the gutter of the rear half of the book. 303pp with the extra engraved title.
A collection of Facetiae - humorous anecdotes and stories - by the polymath Frischlin as well as more common ones by Bael and Bracciolini, among others. The final section is Henrichmann's Prognostica which was often collected with Babel.
Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Poetry. Inventory No: 044733.
Price: $350.00