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Milan, for Francesco Marchesino on the 13th of September, 1550. In 4th. Typographic brand on the title page attributable to Martino Cravotto, depicts Vigilance or a woman leaning against a column with an apple in her right hand and a snake in her left, in a frame with the motto: Neque vi neque dolo, spaces for drop caps with guide letters, very elegant italic font, full parchment binding from the 19th century.
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"La Pescara (Milan 1550) shows an example of virtuous friendship between two young Romans, Lucio and Curzio. (...) As explicitly stated by the author, the work is intended to be a "serious comedy", where the teaching relies above all on the pathetic tones with which the contrast between love and friendship is presented, the heroism of young people who prefer to sacrifice themselves rather than fail in mutual affection. And it is precisely this duplicity of plans, between moralistic-pathetic intentions and "comic" depiction of an unscrupulous urban environment, which seriously threatens the unity of the style, while, on the other hand, the heavy recourse to the Plautine source only sclerotizes, more than it moralizes, the characters of the work. " (Treccani on line).
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