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Florence, Filippo Giunta heirs, 1531. In 8 °. At the title page and at the end & nbsp; and the giuntina brand with & nbsp; the & nbsp; heraldic lily and the cherubs on the side , & nbsp; < / span> & nbsp; spaces for drop caps with guide letters, & nbsp; scattered reddening, halo on the first cards and on the last cards with the whites partially detached, binding in brown Moroccan of the century. XVIII, on the plates and on the back decoration impressed in gold, in the center of the field, unidentified weapons with a black Moroccan shield surmounted by a prelate hat with 3 orders of bows, on the back stars in gold, gilded cuts.
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Rare third edition. Over 60 editions up to the end of the sixteenth century, translated into all known languages, the only true manual of conduct for the life of the Court. One of the most representative texts of the Italian Renaissance, which had great influence on European literature for over a century (see Shakespeare, Corneille, Cervantes, etc.). In the form of a dialogue, it takes place over four nights with the intervention of two interlocutors per session. In the first book Cesare Gonzaga is little more than a coadjutor of Ludovico di Canossa, who develops the theme of the nobility of the courtier also addressing the problem of language. In II the jokes of Bibbiena are a comic manifestation of the modalities described by Federico Fregoso on the qualities of the courtier; III is an authentic discussion on the woman of the palace between Giuliano de 'Medici and the antifeminist Gaspare Pallavicino. In the IV the Platonic doctrine of love professed by Bembo appears as the sublimation of the relations between the courtier, society and the prince.