Price: £600
Subject: Literature
Published Date: 1585
Stock Number: 55330
Ghirardi (Boneto, Bonetto or Benetto)
La Leonida comedia.
Description: FIRST EDITION, woodcut printer's device on title, paper flaw in f. 130 with the loss of some text on the recto, with, however, part of the text over printed at an angle on the verso, a little browning or spotting, lacking the blank leaf at end, ff. [vi], 136, [1], small 8vo, modern (not recent) boards, good
Publication Details: Venice: Paolo Meietto, 1585
Notes: Ghirardi, a follower of Aretino, seems to be known only by this play, set in Pisa. It is five acts, in prose, and abounds in typical situations and devices - mistaken identities, cross-dressing, &c.
Bibliography: (CNCE 20858; Adams G573, 2 copies, both lacking the final leaf and one the penultimate one (part of the Errata) as well)
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