Works of Margherita Costa in the Folger Collection

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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
  • Il violino, Frankfurt: per Daniel Wastch, 1638. Folger call number: 199908
  • Per l’incendio di Pitti. Florence: Nella Stamperia nuoua, 1638. Folger call number: 262- 664q
  • 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


The following titles would complete our Costa holdings:

  • La Santa Cecilia, poema sacro, 1630
  • La chitarra, Frankfurt: per Daniel Wastch, 1638
  • Lettere amorose, Venice, 1639
  • Lo stipo, Venice, 1639
  • La flora feconda drama, Florence: Massi e Landi, 1640
  • Cecilia martire poema sacro, Rome: Mascardi, 1644
  • Gli amori della luna, Venice: Giuliani, 1654


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