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[Secchia rapita. Cantos 1-2 English and Italian]
La secchia rapita: the trophy-bucket. : A mock heroic poem, the first of the kind, by signior Alessandro Tassoni. Upon an accident that happen'd between the two parties of the Guelphs and the Gibellines in Italy, in their contention about who shou'd be uppermost, the emperor or the pope. Done from the Italian into English rhime, By Mr. Ozell. To which is annex'd, a correct copy of Tassoni's original, together with Signior Salviani's notes from the Venetian edition. With historical cuts.
Pamphlets vol. 1
London : Printed by J.D. for Egbert Sanger at the Middle-Temple Gate in Fleetstreet, 1710.
70, [2]; 54p : ill. ; 19cm. (8vo.)
A translation of Cantos 1 and 2.
Printer's name suggested by Foxon.
With an advertisement leaf following p. 70.
Bound with seven other items.
Previously: Dg.6.13.
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Pencil inside front board: "Checked March 1924".
'La secchia rapita, poema eroicomico', the Italian text, has separate titlepage, pagination and register; its imprint reads: 1710.
Foxon, O286; ESTC N21601
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale, 2003. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 384. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 13420, no. 04).
Book-label of Nicholas Mann, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
18th century brown panelled calf; double blind fillet to form a border; five raised bands; spine title: "Pamphlets vol 1".
Sanger, Egbert bookseller.
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
England London.
B25819