Works of Margherita Costa in the Folger Collection

Margherita Costa (c. 1600 – after 1657) was an Italian Baroque singer, performer, and writer active in Italy and France. The Folger holds a number of her works, including

Istoria del viaggio d'Alemagna del serenissimo Gran Duca di Toscana Ferdinando Secondo, Venice, [1630?]. Folger call number: 223098 Per l’incendio di Pitti. Florence: Nella Stamperia nuoua, 1638. Folger call number: 262- 664q Il violino, Frankfort: per Daniel Wastch, 1638. Folger call number: 199908 Flora feconda poema, Florence: Massi e Landi, 1640. Folger call number: 181821 La selva di Cipressi, Florence, 1640. Folger call number: 178228 Li buffoni: Comedia ridicola, Florence: Massi e Landi, 1641. Folger call number: 169572 La tromba di Parnaso, Paris, 1647. Folger call number: 212505.1 Festa reale per balletto a cavallo, Paris: Craimoisy, 1647. Folger call number: 212505.2 La selva di Diana, Paris: Craimoisy, 1647. Folger call number: 212505.3

We seek to acquire the following titles to complete our holdings: La chitarra, Frankfort: per Daniel Wastch, 1638 Lo stipo, Venice, 1639 Lettere amorose, Venice, 1639 La flora feconda drama, Florence: Massi e Landi, 1640 Cecilia martire poema sacro, Rome: Mascardi, 1644 L'amore della luna, Venice: Giuliani, 1654

References Cox, Virginia, Women's Writing in Italy, 1400–1650, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.