ARETINO Pietro Capricciosi & piacevoli ragionamenti di M. Pietro Aretino… Nuova Editione. Con certe postille, che spianano e dichiarano evidentemente i luoghi & le parole più oscure, & più difficili dell’opera. [Suivi de :] La Puttana errante overo dialogo, di Madalena è Giulia, di M. P. Aretino.

Brunet, I, 412 : “la plus belle et la plus recherchée” ; Gamba, p. 367 ; Gay & Lemonnier, 471.

One of the most beautiful edition edition of Ragionamenti.

Published in Amsterdam by the Elsevier printing family two almost identical issues are known of this edition: this copy belongs to the first, with the characteristics described by Brunet.

The Ragionamenti (1536-56) unite some of the most celebrated satirical or licencious works by Pietro Aretino (1492-1556). The dialogues are between a prostitute and various persons and mock society, the court of Rome, the holy sacrements, mariage, etc. The famous work La Puttana errante, published for the first time in Rome in 1530, was written by the Venetian poet Lorenzo Venier. It is a picturesque satire in which a Venetian courtesan sees herself forced to return her favours to 24 clients in one single session….

Rare copy, complete with the often missing second part. A very charming copy in a very finely executed French Dentelle binding.

Small portions of corners missing on p.120/121 touching one or two letters.

Provenance: Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859), former deputy, member of the Society of Antiquaries of Picardy, some of his books were sold after his death in 1861 (rubber stamp on title).