Berneri Giuseppe. - Il Meo Patacca. Prima Edizione - 1695

Berneri Giuseppe. Il Meo Patacca, or Rome in Festivals in the Triumphal Pageants of Vienna. Rome, for Marc’Antonio and Orazio Campana, 1695. First Edition. Rare original edition of the celebrated heroic-comic poem in the Romanesco dialect by the well-known Italian poet and playwright. The work holds fundamental importance for the capital’s culture for its contributions to the Romanesco dialect and as a precious source on the course of Roman celebrations in the 17th century. Beautiful parchment binding from the period. Caligraphic title on the back. The coat of arms of Clemente Rospigliosi to whom the work is dedicated is engraved on the frontispiece. Dimensions 16x11, pagg. 18 nn, 430. Two manuscript leaves antiquatedly inserted in place of the printed ones. Excellent condition.