The facetiae of Poggio and other medieval story-tellers / translated by Edward Storer, with an introduction and notes
1928, First Edition. London New York : G. Routledge & Sons ; E.P. Dutton. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, vellum-backed boards. Marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Foxing internally throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #398910
Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; x, 172 pages ; 19 cm. Notes; "In the present translation, made from Italian version of such facetiæ as were originally written in Latin, only about one third or less of Poggio's facetiæ have been included, the rest being chiefly taken from Carbone and Pontano through Dominichi's compilation. Several of the facetiæ in Domenichi's collection are from foreign, and especially German, sources"- Introduction pages 29-30. Subjects; Wit and humor, Medieval. Tales, Medieval. Middle Ages Italian Humorous Tales Anecdotes Literary Literature.
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