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[DURANDI, Jacobo.] Amore Disarmato Poemetto. Naples, Pomatelli,
1768. £ 850
8vo, folding engraved frontispiece, pp. 166; some spotting throughout;
uncut in the original buff limp boards, with sprinkled paper spine,
manuscript spine label, some surface abrasions; library shelf mark to
spine, early manuscript ownership inscription to front free endpaper,
recording purchase date 19 August 1772 and price.
First edition of an extensive narrative poem on falling out of love. Revenge seems on
the cards: 'Ora voi Beltà neglette, ed amanti disperati, preparate le vendetta contra
chi v'ha maltrattati'. Particularly appealing is the finely engraved frontispiece entitled
'amor disarmato' where a determined lady breaks Amor's bow and arrows.
Durandi (1737-1817) is particularly known as the author of numerous opera libretti.
Ersch, p. 354; OCLC lists just one copy at Harvard; see Ferri and Castreca-Brunetti,
Biblioteca feminile Italiana, p. 295.
A Woman's Philosophy
22.
[EHRMANN, Marianne.] Philosophie eines Weibs. Von einer
Beobachterin. [n.p.] [Kempten], Im Jahr 1784. £ 960
8vo, pp. 72, [1] errata; title vignette; contemporary blue paste-paper
wrappers, rebacked; a very clean and crisp copy.
First edition, rare, of Marianne Ehrmann's first publication. Influenced by Rousseau,
in this work traditional notions of womanhood compete with progressive political
and ideological thought. Marianne Ehrmann (1753-1795), was one of the most
outspoken German literary women writers of the eighteenth century. She was
particularly interested in the relations between the sexes, and is important for her
treatment of women's lives rarely found in eighteenth century literature. She
founded two important women's magazines , namely Amaliens Erholungsstunden
and Die Einsiedlerin aus den Alpen. The former is regarded as one of the best
magazines for women in eighteenth century Germany. It contained an impressive
array of articles on all manner of subjects, poetry by some of the best writers of the
time and also stories and essays by Marianne Ehrmann herself, which were
remarkable for their style and candour.
The Philosophie eines Weibs was translated into French under the title Philosophie
d'une Femme.
OCLC lists just Yale; see Stipa Madland, Marianne Ehrmann, 1998 and K.M. Wilson,
An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers.