GUAZZO, Stefano Van den heuschen burgerlycken ommegangh, een seer sin-rijcke/ lieflijcke/ ende nuttighe Tsamen-sprekinghe/ in vier boecken verdeylt (…) Door Gomes van Triere, geboren tot Mechelen in Brabant/ uyt d’Italiaensche in Nederduytsche...
Estimation :
700 / 900
Adjudication :
900 €
Description
tale overgheset. 1603Alkmaar,J. de Meester for G. van Triere,4to, cont. overl. vellum, flat spine, [8]-439-[21] pp. (paper age-toned, top corner of 1st quires dampstained). Good copy.
Very rare only ed. of the Dutch trsl. of a popular work on courtesy and manners by S. Guazzo (1530-1593), 1st publ. Brescia 1574. “La civil conversatione” ranks with Castiglione’s “Courtier” as one of the most popular and best known books during the Elizabethan period. Written in the form of a dialogue between Annibal Magnocabello and Guglielmo Guazzo, a Knight who has grown weary of court life, the work addresses the need for balance in life, covering topics such as education, family life, society, public behavior and morality. The trsl. contains many Dutch proverbs (listed in the extensive index). Woodcut mark on title. Ornamental headpieces. Gothic type.
Very rare only ed. of the Dutch trsl. of a popular work on courtesy and manners by S. Guazzo (1530-1593), 1st publ. Brescia 1574. “La civil conversatione” ranks with Castiglione’s “Courtier” as one of the most popular and best known books during the Elizabethan period. Written in the form of a dialogue between Annibal Magnocabello and Guglielmo Guazzo, a Knight who has grown weary of court life, the work addresses the need for balance in life, covering topics such as education, family life, society, public behavior and morality. The trsl. contains many Dutch proverbs (listed in the extensive index). Woodcut mark on title. Ornamental headpieces. Gothic type.
