[Erotica]. Baffo, Giorgio. The poems of Giorgio Baffo patrician from Veneto. London [but Venice?], 1789. In 8° (157 x 85 mm);237, [3] pages. Antiporta depicting the Venus de' Medici, conforming to the statue, which is seen in the gallery of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, in Florence (reinforcement to inner margin between antiporta and frontispiece.) Modern half red leather binding with gilt title to spine. Private library stamp to title page. Rare blued paper copy of this second edition of Baffo's poems after that of 1771. Also in the lot is the Complete Collection of the Works of Giorgio Baffo in the 1869 Constantinople edition in 2 volumes. (3)

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