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1599. BOOK. (LITERATURE—SATIRE). SCALIGERI DALLA FRATTA, CAMILLO [pseudonym of ADRIANO BANCHIERI]:. THE NOBILITY OF THE DONKEY OF ATTABALIPPA FROM PERU. REVISED BY GRIFAGNO DELLI IMPACCI, AND ENRICHED WITH MANY THINGS... Venice: Published by Barezzo Barezzi, 1599. Large 8º. 4 pp. + 44 folios + 3 pp. + 1 b. Title page with a large intaglio engraving and woodcut illustrations in the text. Rubber stamp. Recently bound in full leather, with a painted top edge. A satirical work extolling the donkey above all other animals—a very popular literary genre during the Renaissance—in which the author conceals social criticism and publishes under a pseudonym. CCPB 1700-0.