Pallavicino - Il Sansone - 1652
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Pallavicino, Il Sansone, 1st edition in this format, published in 1652 by Giacomo Bortoli in Venice, in Italian as the original language, leather-bound, 266 pages, 14.5 × 8 cm, one copy.
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Rare edition in a pocket format of this important historical-religious novel in three books, written by the famous libertine author Ferrante Pallavicino (1615-1644), first published in Venice in 1638.
The work is considered one of the key texts of Italian seventeenth-century novel production. It fully embodies the provocative and anticonformist style of the libertine current linked to the Academy of the Incogniti, of which Pallavicino was one of the most brilliant and discussed members.
Pallavicino takes as its basis the famous Old Testament story of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges, but the text enriches the sacred narrative with explicit erotic overtones. The book achieved immediate and extraordinary popular success but was harshly contested by the Roman Curia and included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, remaining in the sights of ecclesiastical censorship for centuries.
Ferrante Pallavicino, Il Sansone. Libri tre, Venice, Giacomo Bortoli, 1652.
PP.: 263 [i.e. 261], (III). COMPLETE.
Copy with pages in overall good condition, but with widespread moisture staining. A lacuna at the lower part of the last blank leaf. Usual signs of use and time.
Contemporary full leather binding with title and gold tooling on the spine, well preserved. Missing the white front free endpaper.
Seller's Story
I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
Translated by Google TranslateRare edition in a pocket format of this important historical-religious novel in three books, written by the famous libertine author Ferrante Pallavicino (1615-1644), first published in Venice in 1638.
The work is considered one of the key texts of Italian seventeenth-century novel production. It fully embodies the provocative and anticonformist style of the libertine current linked to the Academy of the Incogniti, of which Pallavicino was one of the most brilliant and discussed members.
Pallavicino takes as its basis the famous Old Testament story of Samson and Delilah from the Book of Judges, but the text enriches the sacred narrative with explicit erotic overtones. The book achieved immediate and extraordinary popular success but was harshly contested by the Roman Curia and included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, remaining in the sights of ecclesiastical censorship for centuries.
Ferrante Pallavicino, Il Sansone. Libri tre, Venice, Giacomo Bortoli, 1652.
PP.: 263 [i.e. 261], (III). COMPLETE.
Copy with pages in overall good condition, but with widespread moisture staining. A lacuna at the lower part of the last blank leaf. Usual signs of use and time.
Contemporary full leather binding with title and gold tooling on the spine, well preserved. Missing the white front free endpaper.
Seller's Story
I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
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Number of books
1
Subject
History, Literature, Religion
Book title
Il Sansone
Author/ Illustrator
Pallavicino
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1652
Height
14.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Width
8 cm
Language
Italian
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Giacomo Bortoli; Venezia
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
266
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