[CURIOSA]. Lot of three curious works including: BONA, Giulio Cesare (1620-1664). La gabbia de i matti. Venice: Bettinelli, 1776. Lot of three curious works including a genuine copy of the delightful satirical piece in Venetian dialect dedicated to various forms of hysteria; the Italian version of Girolamo Vida's treatise on chess; and a study copy of a rare erotic work, never seen at auction (RBH), recounting the adventures of a woman disguised as a knight. 8vo (193 x 130mm). Engraved frontispiece depicting the 'madhouse cage', woodcut vignette to title-page, engraved initials and headpieces, uncut; bound in contemporary carta rustica. Provenance: contemporary ownership inscription 'Petri Trois Med. Phys' to title-page [IN LOT WITH:] VIDA, Marco Girolamo. Il gioco degli scacchi, poema latino. Modena: heirs of Bartolomeo Soliani, 1791. 8vo (195 x 140mm), slightly browned. Bound in contemporary half sheep, title gilt to spine. Provenance: 1794 ownership inscription of Giovanni Balervo to endpapers [WITH:] [EROTICA]. The knightly nun. Memoirs galantes translated from the French. Al Mondo: printed at the Printer's Press, 1771. 8vo (223 x 150mm), copper-engraved title-page (waterstained). Contemporary patterned wrappers (waterstains and minor losses). (3)