Sectanus Quintus (3 results)

Condition: Good. Woodcuts in text (36) inc. a few repeats, some nearly full page, inc. TP vignette of children dancing, also coins, costumes, artifacts etc. Octavo plain tan leather [lacking spine leather but held by all 5 cords/edges worn with little impact on text] all edges sprinkled in red. Spine cover missing. Titlepage with large vignette +[8pp =to reader +[10pp =authors consulted & laudatory poems] +425pp. Cover page loose, binding also loose. All though the title suggests this is the complete set of satires there are only 8 of the original ones published by Sergardi. They satirise the well known author and lawyer Gravina who is here called Philodeme. Often seen as a satirical take on Roman/Vatican Society, although Sergardi was close to Pope Alexander VIII (Willems 2170). *These works were exposed as forgeries by Brunet but attributed by him to publishers in Naples, later correctly to Rome by Du Roure in his Analecta Biblio according to Willems. Handsomely printed on fine quality paper with wide margins and extensive notes on each of the satires in this volume. 2nd edition, 1st published in 1696. 1 volume. Hardcover.

With woodcut printer's device on titles and many woodcut figures in the text. 10 leaves, 335 pp.; 10 leaves, 425 pp., 1 blank leaf. Large 8vo. Contemp. vellum with gilt lettered spine label. Main poetical work by Lodovico Sergardi (16601726), protégé of Pope Alexander VIII, first published in 1696. Satyrical view on the Roman Society, especially the Clergy, the Nobility and their shameless women. Main target of Sergardis criticism is Filodemo", i.e. Gian Vincenzo Gravina, head of the poetical society Arkadia". The edition remained unachieved. It contains only eight of the best of the sixteen Satyrae". Willems 2170. Some minor worm traces to inner hinges.

Ca. 15,5 x 10,5 cm. CLXIV Seiten. Pergamentband der Zeit. Innendeckel mit altem zweizeiligen Eintrag, Titelblatt und die folgenden beiden Blätter mit Wurmgängen (geringer Buchstabenverlust).