L'oeuvre du divin Arétin, deuxième partie / Essai de bibliographie arétinesque par Guillaume Apollinaire

This volume gathers a second set of erotic writings combining dialogic Ragionamenti, explicit sonnets, and a bibliographic essay. Several dramatic conversations depict an older woman instructing a younger woman in the practices, strategies, and language of prostitution with frank, occasionally comic detail. A collection of lustful sonnets is presented in relation to erotic engravings attributed to a Renaissance designer and engraver, and the text traces uncertainties about their original appearance, survival, and suppression. A concluding critical bibliography examines editions, variant texts, and the publication history that shaped how these pieces reached later readers.