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Scatologia

La Merdeide Drama in three acts for music, 1780

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€ 120 - 140

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€ 154

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Information

Paper manuscript, 2 pp. nos., 83 pp., 2 pp. nos., 156 x 213 mm., browning, contemporary binding in green Moroccan half with corners, smooth back embossed in gold with gusset.

Specialist Notes

Playful drama that tells the love story between Cloacina, the Goddess of Merde and Queen of the city of Cachilastra, and Sterentius, Deity of the Pitali, afflicted by the theft of the pital pledge of love given by Sterentius to his betrothed. The other protagonists are Stronzaldo, Merdilene, Chiavicalma and Culicete. In the last 3 pp. there are some verses "In honor of the Corrections". The work is probably inspired by that of Tommaso Stigliani, initiator of the genre.