[Erotica] Secundus Janus [Johannes] [Jean Second]; Scriverius, Petrus.

IOHANNIS SECUNDI OPERA ACCURATO RECOGNITA EX MUSEO P. SCRIVERII. [SECVNDI]

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Apud Franciscum Hegerum, W. Christiani, 1631. Item #41595

1st edition. Modern boards. 64mo (2”x4”, miniature), [26]+ 384 pages. In Latin. Engraved title page, illustrated, with portrait medallion: "vatis amatoris iulia sculpta manu." Author's portrait on leaf 10. Each work has divisional title page. Johannes Secundus (also Janus Secundus or Jean Second) (1511-1536), was a an erotic “New Latin poet of Dutch nationality....Secundus was a prolific writer, and in his short life he produced several books of elegies on his lovers Julia and Neaera, epigrams, odes, verse epistles and epithalamia, as well as some prose writings (epistles and itineraria)....Secundus situates his poetry, stylistically as well as thematically, firmly with the Neo-Catullan tradition. Variations on the central theme include: imagery of natural fertility; the 'arithmetic' of kissing; kisses as nourishment or cure; kisses that wound or bring death; and the exchange of souls through kissing. Secundus also introduces elements of Neo-Platonism and Petrarchism into his poems” (wikipedia). Subjects: Latin poetry, Medieval and modern -- Early works to 1800. Epigrams, Latin. OCLC: 781619207. Spelling and date error on spine. Includes second identical title page with inscription dated 1686. Pen marks on a few pages and period owner’s notation on rear blank end paper. Touch of edgewear to first title page and to background margin of portrait on leaf 10. Good+ Condition Overall. Nice copy. (AC-22-2).

Price: $1,000.00