| Description |
64 p. ; 13 cm. |
| Series |
Little blue book; no. 1035
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| Note |
Cover title. |
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Offset reprint by Norris Peters. |
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Page 51 is printed upside down. |
| Contents |
Call me not John! / Giovanni Della Casa -- Diatribe against water / Francesco Redi -- Don Abbondio's encounter with the outlaws / Alessandro Manzoni -- On musical instruments / Antonio Ghislanzoni -- The stolen pig / Boccaccio -- The ridiculous end of Morgante and Margutte / Luigi Pulci, tr. by Leigh Hunt -- The inheritance of a library. The silver cup and the lamprey / Masuccio di Salerno -- Living in bed / Francesco Berni -- What Astolfo saw in the moon / Lodovico Ariosto, tr. by Leigh Hunt -- In praise of small people / Carlo Frugoni -- Uninvited guests / Carlo Gozzi -- On reciting one's own compositions. Dialogue between Fashion and Death / Giacomo Leopardi. |
| Subject |
Italian wit and humor.
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| Added Author |
Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556.
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Redi, Francesco, 1626-1698.
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Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873.
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Ghislanzoni, Antonio, 1824-1893.
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
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Pulci, Luigi, 1432-1484.
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Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859.
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Masuccio, Salernitano, active 15th century.
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Berni, Francesco, 1497 or 1498-1535.
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Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.
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Frugoni, Carlo Innocenzo, 1692-1768.
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Gozzi, Carlo, 1720-1806.
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Leopardi, Giacomo, 1798-1837.
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