‎BOCCALINI, TRAIANO.‎
‎De ragguagli di Parnaso Del Signor Traiano Boccalini Romano Centuria Prima. 3 parts. ‎

‎Venetia, Appresso Michiel'Angelo Barboni, 1669. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, back-board with parts of leather detached. Dampstain to lower half of leaves throughout, paper creased. Last leaves moulded. (16), 311, (45), (32), 270, (24), 92 pp.‎

Reference : 61637

‎Later edition of this political and social satire by Traiano Boccalini, opposing Spanish rule in Italy and criticizing Italian princes who sought foreign solutions for domestic issues. Anti-Jesuit and anti-Spanish, Boccalini denounced court life and depicted the known world including the Indies and the Americas. Originally circulated as a manuscript around 1605, Boccalini left the Papal States for the free state of Venice, where his work first published in 1612.‎