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FOLENGO, Theofilo.
Opus Merlini Cocaii, the Mantuan poet of macaronic verse…
Amstelodami (Naples), published by Abrahamus in Someren, 1692.
Opus Merlini Cocaii, the Mantuan poet of macaronic verse…
Amstelodami (Naples), published by Abrahamus in Someren, 1692.
Small square 12mo, (30)-419-(4) pp. On laid paper, portrait frontispiece, 26 engraved plates and initial letters. 19th-century fawn half-calf, smooth spine, blind-stamped and gilt fillets, gilt title, ‘Macarronea’ and date on the spine, edges speckled with blue (slight wear to the caps, title page discreetly restored).
Graesse II, 608. Nodier, 271.
A fine 17th-century edition illustrated with delicate black etchings.
A masterpiece of burlesque poetry, La Macaronée is a Neo-Latin poem in 25 cantos parodying epic legends and chivalric literature; it is highly imaginative and written with remarkable verve.
First published in 1521, this poem made its author famous and is illustrated here with charming vignettes depicting scenes from Dante’s works, ranging from the whimsical to the bellicose, blending mythological figures, fantastical beasts and evocations of the underworld…
With a bust portrait of the author, etched on fine laid paper.
A Benedictine monk, Folengo (1491–1544) ran away at the age of 20 with a woman, only to return after 15 years of a bohemian life to write his magnum opus. It was he who invented the macaronic language, hence the name of his poem, a delightful blend of colloquial Latin and the Tuscan dialect. He is even said to have inspired Rabelais, in whose style we find Folengo’s verve.