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Piccolomini, Alessandro

De la institution of the whole life of a man born noble and in a free city, 1543

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€ 150 - 250

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€ 192

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Venice, Geronimo Scotus, 1543. In 8 °. Beautiful figured woodcut initials, text in italics, traces of humidity, light blooms, rare marginal woodworm holes, missing the last white paper, coeval parchment binding, handwritten title at the lower cut, traces of laces, some woodworm holes and halo , small lack at the nail of the rear plate. Ownership note on the title page.

Specialist Notes

Published a year after the first edition, it is a treatise on humanistic education that Piccolomini composed for & nbsp; the son of Laudomia Fortiguerri. The author tackles, with a secular approach, various foundational areas for the education of the child, including justice and economics.

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