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The sonnets of Aretino
- Author
- Aretino, Pietro, 1492-1556.
- Preferred Title
- Sonetti lussuriosi. English.
- Title
- The sonnets of Aretino / translated from the Italian by an English poet.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- London : Privately printed, [193-?]
- Description
- [22] double leaves : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
- Other contributors
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
- Notes
- Translation of: Sonetti lussuriosi / Pietro Aretino. Translation attributed to Oscar Wilde. No. 9 of 100 numbered copies. Ills. are photographs of engravings. Sonetti lussuriosi was banned by the Pope in 1527 and by the Council of Trent in 1545. Cf. Haight p. 13. Poetry. Censored book.
- References
- Mansell, NA0386156.
- Kinsey subjects
- Coitus.