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Collection of Italian erotic poems taken from the Collection of selected pieces put together by the cosmopolitan (Vriel Bandant, 1735), a work of proverbial rarity which brought together the pieces "the freest and most impious known at the time".

It includes the "Lustful Sonnets" (sonetti lussuriosi) by Aretino, composed to illustrate a series of erotic engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi after Giulio Romano. The first 22 sonnets are collected under the title "La corona di cazzi"The last 26 sonnets are reproduced in the appendix under the title "sonnetti lussuriosi". Although the texts had already been printed several times, they appeared in the Cosmopolitan in a variant that Apollinaire described as "the best known text of Aretin's sonnets" (The work of the divine AretinThe latter enabled Alcide Bonneau to reconstitute the original text and the original order of the poems ("essai de bibliographie arétinesque"). This enabled Alcide Bonneau to reconstruct the original text and the original order of the poems (Catalogue of the underworld, 923).
Also present were 49 dubbii amorosicomposed after the lustful sonnets, 3 historiettes attributed to Aretino but probably due to another poet, as well as the "Capitolo del forno"Giovanni della Casa's "Bread in an Oven" is used as a pretext to evoke the sexual act.

Copy in sheets, presumably prepared for binding, protected by a titled folder.