Calandra

Five-act Italian Renaissance commedia, adapted from Plautus' Menaechmi by Bernardo Dovizi, later appointed cardinal by Pope Leo X. It was the first comedy of note written in Italian prose, and also one of the first modern plays to include cross-dressing characters Printing date of 1559 in colophon: "In Fiorenza, appresso i Giunti. MDLIX." Signatures: A-E F Woodcuts: title vignette, repeated on colophon (a later Giunta device featuring a lily plant, entwined with a serpent) Italic type Decia, D. I Giunti tipografi editori di Firenze Clubb, L.G. Italian plays BM STC Italian, 1465-1600 Allacci, L. Drammaturgia Gamba, B. Serie dei testi di lingua Adams Brunet Spec. Coll. copy: 18th-century mottled tan calf; triple gilt fillet; ornamental gilt spine, with gold-stamped title "Calandra. Commedia"; inner gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; edges stained red. Purchase, Maggs Bros., 1999