EROTICA TESTA, Francis (1761-1846). La Culeide.... Lot 37

[EROTICA] TESTA, Francis (1761-1846). La Culeide. late eighteenth century. Complete manuscript of one hundred salacious sonnets, the nature of which is well explained by the following passage from the introduction: 'I saw Annetta's buttocks, high, and round, the fairest in Italy, and in form, and in weight solid, and vast, like a globe unbound.' (I saw Annetta's buttocks, high and round, the fairest in Italy, in form and weight profound, solid and vast, like a globe unbound, trans.) 4to, manuscript, ff. 106 (234 x 180mm). Contemporary rustic paper binding, beautiful contemporary colored endpapers (some wear to spine). (1)