DEDEKIND , Frederic. ; DEDEKIND , Fredericum - Ludus Satyricus de Morum Simplicitate, seu Rusticitate, Vulgo dictus Grobianus. Libri Tres.

Leiden, Joannis Maire, 1631. Leiden Joannis Maire, 1631. First edtion. Small 12mo, pp 215, [1, errata] Bound in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with black label, light cracking to the joints, a little worn at spine ends, old library number on title page verso, else a nice neat copy. A collection of neo Latin verse on the subject of [indecent or satirical] rules for the female sex by the German humanist writer Dedekind [1524-98], protegee of Melanchthon. Apparently first published complete in 1552, an English translation appeared in 1739 as 'Grobianus, or the Compleat Booby. An Ironical Poem. Ed.: ed.. Vol.: 1 vol Bound in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with black label, Size: Light cracking to the joints, a little worn at spine ends, old library number on title page verso, else a nice neat copy.

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