Antonii Cornazani placentini noui poet[a]e facetissimi quod de prouerbiorum origine inscribitur : opus nunq[uam] alias impressum adeo delectabile & iocosum uariisq[ue] facetiis refertum ut unicuiq[ue] etia[m] penitus moesto ilaritatem maximam afferat.

Poetry.
First edition of the original version of Cornazzano's Proverbi in facetie, the first ten of which appear here in the poetic form of neo-Latin distichs. They are licentious tales, based on Italian proverbs.
Printer's woodcut device at end.
Imprint from colophon.
Signatures: *² a-f⁸ g⁴ h⁶: 59 leaves (of 60, without final blank).
Woodcuts: small white-on-black ornamental initials.
Printed in roman type.
Library's copy forms part of a Sammelband of 20 works (PML 199351.1-20) gathered and bound by Benoît Le Court (died ca 1559), mostly printed in Paris, late 1490s to 1520s, and containing works of poetry, obituaries and invective. NNPM