Berni, M. Francesco. Il primo libro dell' Opere Burlesche di M. Francesco Berni e di altri ricorretto e con diligenza ristampato. Il secondo libro delle Opere Burlesche di M. Francesco Berni e di altri ricorretto e con diligenza ristampato. Il terzo libro delle Opere Burlesche di M. Francesco Berni e di altri ricorretto e con diligenza ristampato. Leida: G. Van-Der Bet 1823-1824, 1823. [1122]
Six books bound into three volumes, dark green leather spines with gilt stamping, blue marbled boards, very lovely. Bindings fine. 14 x 9.5 cm, 244, 298; 220, 183; 219, 256 clean pp. Separate title pages for each of the six books. Frontispiece portrait engraving in vol. i. A very pleasing set. Very good. Hardcover.
Francesco Berni (1497/8-1535). "Poet. Born at Lamporecchio in Tuscany, and educated in Florence, he moved to Rome in 1517...His literary output began early, in 1518, and is both prolific and varied, reflecting the dictates of his various patrons...Modern opinion tends to praise his humour and sense of the burlesuque, but to be critical of his excessive classicism in style and content." - The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature.