ARENA, Antonius de
Antonius de Arena Provençalis de Bragardissima villa de Soleriis Ad suos Compagnones
London, [Paris], [Antoine-Urbain II Coustelier], 1758
A DELIGHTFUL COPY IN CONTEMPORARY LEMON MOROCCO
In-12 (158 x 90 mm). Copper-engraved title, wood-engraved bands, fleurons and culs-de-lampe
COLLATION : π2 A-H8-4 I6, that is (3) ff. xiv, 94 pp.
CONTENTS: π1r: title, a1r: Letter from the editor to M**, a1r: text, I1r: Poema macaronicum de bello huguenotico by Rémy Belleau, I5v: Michaelis Morini Grandissimi Viri Funestissimus Trepassus Carme
BINDING OF THE PERIOD. Lemon morocco, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, long spine decorated with fleuron boxes, vertical titling on olive morocco piece, gilt edges.
Antonius de Arena or Antoine Arènes (c. 1500-1544) was a lawyer from Toulon and author of several comic poems in Provencal languages. The editor of this book, Antoine-Urbain II Coustelier, has included other burlesque and popular pieces by old French poets.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brunet, I, col. 394
