139 - Aretino, Pietro. *Dubbj Amorosi, altri dubbj, e sonetti lussuriosi dedicati al clero*. Rome, Vatican Press [but Paris, Girouard], 1792. A rare edition of famous obscene poems falsely attributed to Aretino

Aretino, Pietro. *Dubbj Amorosi, altri dubbj, e sonetti lussuriosi dedicati al clero*. Rome, Vatican Press [but Paris, Girouard], 1792. A rare edition of famous obscene poems falsely attributed to Aretino Aretino, Pietro. *Dubbj Amorosi, altri dubbj, e sonetti lussuriosi dedicati al clero*. Rome, Vatican Press [but Paris, Girouard], 1792. Sixteenth format (120 x 80 mm); 78, [2] pages. Early 19th-century English binding in hazelnut-colored calfskin, gilt frame on the covers, spine with gold friezes and a green label for the title (corners worn). The work poses various questions about sex, each followed by a resolution. This is followed by the *Sonetti lussuriosi* (*Lustful Sonnets*), written in 1525 to accompany 16 licentious drawings by Giulio Romano, engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi; the engraver was imprisoned for this work, while Aretino avoided imprisonment by fleeing Rome. Rare edition of famous obscene compositions falsely attributed to Aretino