[Commedy] BAFFO, Giorgio. Opere di Giorgio Baffo veneto.Cosmopoli, 1789
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4 Vols. 8vo wide; Contemporary binding in half calf and marbled boards, golden titles and ornaments on the spine, corners; Titlepage, Portrait, pp. 312, 2 nn.; Titlepage, pp. 312, 2 nn.; Titlepage, pp. 312; Titlepage, pp. 312; Titlepage engraved in copper within a frame, leaf of errata at the end, Round type.
FIRST EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS. The poems by Giorgio Baffo, largely in Venetian dialect, are among the most licentious of all literary history, but the importance of his work should not be confined in the curious dialect peculiarities. The work was printed posthumously edited by Lord Pembroke, friend and enthusiastic admirer of the author. Giorgio Baffo, the protagonist of theatrical controversy with Goldoni, is best known for his poems obscene in Venetian dialect. Apollinaire, who appreciated just in this capacity, called him the greatest poet of libertine of all time. Casanova in his memoirs speaks of it as a superior genius.
Gamba, Series of the writings etched in Venetian dialect, p. 154.
Condition Report: Nice specimen on light blue paper.
FIRST EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS. The poems by Giorgio Baffo, largely in Venetian dialect, are among the most licentious of all literary history, but the importance of his work should not be confined in the curious dialect peculiarities. The work was printed posthumously edited by Lord Pembroke, friend and enthusiastic admirer of the author. Giorgio Baffo, the protagonist of theatrical controversy with Goldoni, is best known for his poems obscene in Venetian dialect. Apollinaire, who appreciated just in this capacity, called him the greatest poet of libertine of all time. Casanova in his memoirs speaks of it as a superior genius.
Gamba, Series of the writings etched in Venetian dialect, p. 154.
Condition Report: Nice specimen on light blue paper.
