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Opere: Con nous aggiunta Frederick Mirogli, Fulvio Testi, Carlo Zenero, Bologna, 1644, 2 volumes in one, 408+162 pages, Original Vellum, 12mo. In good condition, gorgeous bookplate with decorative gilt work, original vellum is slightly cracked, as to be expected. Various ink inscriptions on front end pages, repaired frontispiece, pages 121-124 torn at bottom edge. Moderate foxing throughout text block. Please see photos. Fulvio Testi was an Italian diplomat and writer born in 1593, who was in service to the Duke of Modena, for whom he held high office such as the governorship of Garfagnana. His poems tackle civic themes in solemn tones, showing Test s lasting anti-Spanish and, consequently, pro-Savoia, political passions. Accused of treason for having tried to set up diplomatic relations with the French court, he was imprisioned and died in jail soon after. A literary critic wrote that, had he d been born in a a less barbarous age, and he had more time than he did to cultivate his talent, he would doubtless have been our Horace, and perhaps been hotter and more vehement and more sublime than the Latin man COLH1644AJKA. Seller Inventory # COLH1644AJKA
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