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Edité par Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 1987
ISBN 10 : 8817166111ISBN 13 : 9788817166119
Vendeur : Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Etats-Unis
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Etat : Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Edité par Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., London / New York, 1948
Vendeur : Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. A 1948 reprint of the 1928 issuance. Considered a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, Baldassare Castiglione's four dialogues discuss the "qualities of an ideal courtier (or renaissance gentleman)," per Donald Ross p. 87. Translated by Sir Thomas Hoby, with an introduction by W. H. D. Rouse and critical notes by Drayton Henderson. E.L. no. 807 in Everyman's Library Essays and Belles-Lettres series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In EL binding style 3 with full orange cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover, and brown topstain. Volume wrapped in blue dust jacket with Ravilious 'knot' to front panel. --- A Fair-only copy, with somewhat shaken binding, soiling & sunning to cloth, tears to ffep, else complete and intact. Note: A weakened front hinge has been repaired on this item.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xviii, [2], 324, 8 (ads) pages.
Edité par Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10 : 1016443072ISBN 13 : 9781016443074
Vendeur : GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Etats-Unis
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Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Edité par Einaudi 05 F, 1998
ISBN 10 : 8806132059ISBN 13 : 9788806132057
Vendeur : AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Il Libro Del Cortegiano This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Edité par Imprint unknown, 2007
ISBN 10 : 8811362601ISBN 13 : 9788811362609
Vendeur : GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Etats-Unis
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Etat : Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
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Edité par Einaudi, 2017
ISBN 10 : 8806234722ISBN 13 : 9788806234720
Vendeur : Textbooks_Source, Columbia, MO, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : New. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
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Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : NEW. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from -1803 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 238.
Edité par Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012
ISBN 10 : 1479323101ISBN 13 : 9781479323104
Vendeur : THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback / softback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
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Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : NEW. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1803 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 320.
Edité par Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10 : 1016438567ISBN 13 : 9781016438568
Vendeur : GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, Etats-Unis
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Etat : New.
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Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : NEW. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from [ca. 1550] edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 416.
Edité par GUM: Nuova Serie 15/Mursia, Italy, 1972
Vendeur : Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, Nouvelle-Zélande
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Soft cover. Etat : Good to Worn - Sl Scuffed, A cura di Ettore Bonora. Commento di Paolo Zoccola. Edizione integrale commentata.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from Volume 68 of Edizione de\' classici italiani edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 237.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 251.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 391.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 401.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 427.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 451.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 451.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 461.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 495.
Date d'édition : 2023
Vendeur : True World of Books, Delhi, Inde
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LeatherBound. Etat : New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 529.
Edité par Giulio Einaudi Editore, 1960
Vendeur : World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Fair. 1960. No edition remarks. 441 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Contains colour photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and heavy foxing to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild warping to front board. Mild scratching and marking to boards.
Edité par Girolamo Tasso, Venezia, 1842
Vendeur : studio bibliografico pera s.a.s., LUCCA, Italie
Brossura. Etat : discrete. Cm.13,4x7,9. Pg.502. Legatura in mz.pelle con piatti marmorizzati. Titoli e filetti in oro al dorso. Con una vita dell'Autore scritta da Pierantonio Serassi. 300 gr.
Edité par Dalla Societa Tipografica de Classici Italiani, Milano (Milan), 1803
Vendeur : Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : IOBA
Etat : Very Good. Complete in two volumes, bound as one. Half vellum binding with marbled boards by Heyes & Jones of Liverpool. Spine ornately decorated in gilt, with red morocco title label. Light marking to vellum. Slight rubbing to boards. Red dyed page edges with fading. Marbled endpapers. A few pencilled margin markings, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Italian language. Pencilled note to verso of front free endpaper speculating that the book may have belonged to William Roscoe, the slave abolitionist, however we can find no evidence for this. A nice solid example of this classic work on Court etiquette. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xl, 226.
Edité par Giuseppe Comino, Padova (Padua), 1733
Vendeur : Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Full speckled calf leather binding. Spine with five raised bands and gilt decoration, leather title label. Blind border to boards. Red speckled page edges. Some worming to boards, worm holes to spine, text is unaffected. Engraved portrait frontis, engraved vignette to title page, engraved headpiece and initial to first page of Del Cortegiano. Numerous woodcut headpieces, tail pieces and initials. An excellent solid example with no cracking to joints and very clean text throughout. Inked name to title page and 18th century bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, with owner's stamp below (C.E.D. with horizontal crescent moon and three stars). Text in Latin and Italian. Includes the full text of The Book of the Courtier in Italian. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 7x 9.25 inches (18 x 23.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 4to. [32], xxxii, 436.
Edité par Vendramini Mosca, Vicenza, 1771
Vendeur : The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. 4 books in 2 volumes: [8]+xvi+255 pages with frontispiece; 205 pages with index and errata. Octavo (8" x 5 3/4) bound in stiff wrappers with labels to spines and deckle edges. This edition not in Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana; however, there are a number of listings for this title in the bibliography (4315 through 4330), listing 16 editions of various dates and publishers. First published in 1528. Baldassare Castiglione, count of Novilara was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author. He was born into an illustrious Lombard family at Casatico, near Mantua. In 1494, at the age of sixteen, Castiglione began his humanist studies in Milan, which would eventually form his future writings. However, in 1499, after the death of his father, Castiglione left his studies and Milan to succeed his father as the head of their noble family. Soon his duties seem to have included representative offices for the Gonzaga court. For the Gonzaga he traveled quite often; during one of his missions to Rome, he met Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino. Urbino was at that time the most refined and elegant among Italian courts, a meeting point of culture ably directed and managed by duchess Elisabetta Gonzaga and her sister-in-law Maria Emilia Pia. The most constant guests included: Pietro Bembo, Giuliano de' Medici, Cardinal Bibbiena, Ottaviano and Federigo Fregoso, and Cesare Gonzaga, a cousin of both Castiglione and the duke. The hosts and guests organized intellectual competitions which resulted in an interesting, stimulating cultural life producing brilliant literary activity. Castiglione wrote about his works and of those of other guests in letters to other princes, maintaining an activity very near to diplomacy, though in a literary form. In 1516, Castiglione was back in Mantua, where he married Ippolita Torelli, descendant of another ancient noble family; two passionate letters he wrote to her, expressing deep sentiment, have survived, but she unfortunately died only four years later. At that time Castiglione was in Rome again as an ambassador, this time for the Duke of Mantua. In 1521 Pope Leo X conceded to him the tonsura (first sacerdotal ceremony), and thereupon began Castiglione's second, ecclesiastical career. In 1528, the year before his death, the book by which he is most famous, The Book of the Courtier (Il Libro del Cortegiano), was published in Venice by the Aldine Press run by Andrea d'Asolo, father-in-law of Aldus Manutius. The book is based on a nostalgic recreation of Castiglione's experience at the court of Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro of Urbino at the turn of the sixteenth century. It describes the ideal court and courtier, going into great detail about the philosophical and cultured and lively conversations that occurred at Urbino, presided over by Elisabetta Gonzaga. Castiglione himself does not contribute to the discussion, the book is his tribute to his friendship with the participants of the discussion, all of whom went on to have important positions. The Book of the Courtier caught the "spirit of the times" and was soon translated into Spanish, German, French, and English. One hundred and eight editions were published between 1528 and 1616 alone. (Pietro Aretino's La cortigiana is a parody of this famous work.) Castiglione's depiction of how the ideal gentleman should be educated and behave remained, for better or for worse, the touchstone for all the upper classes of Europe for next five centuries. The work on chess is in the second volume of this work. Condition: Old stamps to title of volume two and first un-numbered page of volume one, Spine ends chipped with loss to heal, corners bumped, wrappers rubbed else a good copy of scarce title.
Edité par Vettor de Rabani [Vittore Ravani] e compagni, Venice, 1538
Vendeur : Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : Acceptable. Octavo (16cm); [5], 193 leaves, lacks final two leaves, blank but for printer's device on recto of BB7. Initial spaces with guide letters; printer's device (two-tailed siren) on title page. Italic type throughout. Bound in nineteenth-century green cloth with polished calf backstrip, titled in gilt on spine. Lower margin of title page excised early on and repaired, with place and year of publication inscribed in ink. Generally clean and fresh copy with occasional discoloration in first and last leaves, and along edges. Not in Adams. Early edition of the Book of the Courtier (one decade after the first edition) printed by Vittore Ravani, who worked his late father Pietro's print shop with his mother, Luchina, during the 1530s. (They had help from Melchiore Sessa.) Most of their output centered on reprinting humanist bestsellers, such as the present title, Ariosto's Satires, Benivieni's Ars Moriendi, Erasmus's Adages and so on.
Edité par Appresso Giusseppe Comino, Padova [Padua], 1766
Vendeur : Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Full Calf. Etat : Fine. Early Reprint. An important reprint of Aldine's first edition of 1528, discarding the extensive alterations to the text that corrupted editions of this classic treatise on etiquette for more than a century. 4to (23 x 16 cm) xxiv, 352pp, with portrait frontispiece of Castiglione after Raphael, illuminated initials and head and tail pieces throughput. Modern vellum and marbled boards, spine titled in gilt. Included is the "best and fullest biography of Castiglione, {which] was written by Abate Pietro Serassi, who had access to the family papers brought to Rome by Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga, secretary to Pope Benedict XIV." (Cartwright) A very scarce, wide-margined survival, tightly bound, contents clean with only light occasional foxing. PMM 59. Razzollini, p. 99. Gamba 296 (for Comino's complete edition of Castiglione's works from 1733, upon which this edition is based). Cartwright, v. 2, pp. 445-447. First printed, in Venice, by Aldine Press, in 1528, then reprinted innumerable times since in every major European language. The Courtier is the most celebrated instruction manual on the courtly manners of the Italian High Renaissance, "a veritable compendium of Renaissance culture." (Literary Encyclopedia) In 1590, Pope Sixtus V placed it on the Church's List of Prohibited Books, but exempted the expurgated edition prepared by Antonio Ciccarelli, which was the only edition that remained in circulation for more than 100 years. Finally, in 1733, Volpi issued an edition of Castiglione's collected works that disregarded Ciccarelli's corruptions and reverted to the original Aldine edition. Our edition is a reprint here of Volpi's text of The Courtier, and it exists in two states, unmutilated and mutilated. According to Razzollini, more than a thousand copies originally were printed, but only one hundred were issued, and only after the text, primarily Book IV, was extensively revised to incorporate Ciccarelli's changes and elisions, reducing the original text to 303 pages (vs. 352 pages in unmutilated copies). Our is one of the rare unmutilated copies, beautifully preserved. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Edité par Girolamo Scoto, Venice, 1556
Vendeur : Sokol Books Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, Royaume-Uni
Softcover. Etat : Very good. 8vo. ff. 204. A-2B8, 2C4. Woodcut printer s device on title, first line of title within small woodcut border, large historiated woodcut initials, C18th engraved armorial bookplate on pastedown with ms. shelf mark above, occasional underlinings. Light age yellowing, title page fractionally dusty, occasional marginal spot, small oil-stain at gutter of last few quires. A very good, clean copy in contemporary limp vellum. Rare edition, revised and corrected by Lodovico Dolce from the authors manuscript, of the prototype courtesy book and one of the most enduringly popular and influential works of the Italian Renaissance. "The Courtier depicts the ideal aristocrat, and it has remained the perfect definition of a gentleman ever since. It is an epitome of the highest moral and social ideals of the Italian Renaissance, many of them inspired by classical examples. (.) Another section provides similar rules for the conduct of a lady and the book ends with the celebrated pronouncement on platonic love by Bembo." Printing and the Mind of Man. The work was soon translated into most European languages and Cervantes, Corneille, Shakespeare, Spenser, Jonson and Shelley are but a few of those who are clearly in its debt. The book is based on a nostalgic recreation of Castiglione's experience at the court of Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro of Urbino at the turn of the sixteenth century. It describes the ideal court and courtier, and relates the philosophical, cultured and lively conversations that occurred at Urbino, presided over by Elizabetta Gonzaga. The conversation, which takes place over a span of four days in the year 1507, addressed the topic, proposed by Federico Fregoso, of what constitutes an ideal Renaissance gentleman and is written in refined and elegant prose, spiced with humour. The speakers, prominent nobles and literati in the court of Urbino, include Giuliano de Medici, Pietro Bembo, Ludovico da Canossa Emilia Pia, Elizabetta Gonzaga amongst many others. Ludovico Dolce, the Venetian humanist, was a prolific author or poligrafo who produced several hundred volumes bearing his name, whether as author, editor, translator or critic. He edited 184 texts for the Giolito press alone. "As the most active writer and editor for the most productive Venetian press, Dolce played a decisive role in the dissemination of culture in the cinquecento. (.) Dolce played an important role in promulgating vernacular literature, whether by publishing corrected editions of such classics as Petrarch s Canzoniere, Castiglione s Book of the Courtier and Ariosto s Orlando furioso; by translating Homer, Euripides, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Seneca, and other minor authors; or by publishing original works in the literary genres of widest appeal." Ronnie H. Terpening. He is known today primarily for his Dialogue on Painting which was much influenced by Castiglione s ideas in the The courtier . A very good copy of this attractively printed edition, rare in libraries outside Italy. Not in BM STC It. C16th. Adams, Gamba, or Index Aurelensis. Cf. PMM 59 (1st edn.). Italian.