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Andreini, G.B. 1617. L’Adamo, sacra rapresentatione. Milano, Geronimo Bordini. pp. 1-177.

L’Adamo, sacra rapresentatione

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Giovanni Battista Andreini, 1578 – 1652

1617 L'Adamo: sacra representatione. Milano: G. Bordini, pp. 1-177; 4to.

L’Adamo is a play first published in 1613. This edition of 1617 has engravings executed by Carlo Antonio Procaccini (1571-1630). The plate on p. 36 shows Eve among animals, including on her left a rhinoceros with one horn and a rather strange protuberance on the shoulders.

Italian text of Milano, 1617

[1617: 36]
Ma che veggio? ò mè lieto, ecco la cra
Dolcissima Compagna,
[37]
Ch'à recarmi sen vien nembi di fiori,
E inghirlandarmi di silvestri honori.
Vatten Leon superbo, e tú disquamme
Impenetrabil mostro,
Rinoceronte atterrator fastoso
De l'Elefante invitto:
Tú feroce destrier scorri pe' campi,
Fendi co'l tuo nitrir l'aer, le valli;
Tú Camello, e voi tutti, augelli, e fere,
Campo cedete ad Eva, chor qui viene.

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