LUNA - BETTINELLI, Saverio (1718-1808) - Il Mondo della luna. Poema eroico-comico. Venice: Remondini, 1754. 

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Lot 214 | LUNA - BETTINELLI, Saverio (1718-1808) - Il Mondo della luna. Poema eroico-comico. Venice: Remondini, 1754. 
[LUNA] - BETTINELLI, Saverio (1718-1808) - Il Mondo della luna. Poema eroico-comico. Venice: Remondini, 1754.

First edition of a poem in twelve cantos about life on the moon by the Jesuit Saverio Bettinelli, perhaps better known for his criticisms of Dante.

8vo (179 x 111mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece illustrating the man living on the moon, woodcut vignette at the opening of the cantos (slight marginal spotting). Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed).
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