CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare (1478-1529). Il libro del cortegiano . Venice: heirs of Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresano d’Asola, April 1528. The first edition of Castiglione's famous guide to courtly manners – an icon of Italian Renaissance literature . Composed as a fictional dialogue between important members of early 16th-century Italian society, Il libro del cortegiano features figures such as Pietro Bembo, Ludovico da Canossa, and Bernardo da Bibbiena, discussing the virtues of the good courtier over the course of four evenings. The discourse focuses on the central concepts of “grazia,” “misura,” “ingenio,” and “arte.” The work had a significant influence on Montaigne, Cervantes, Shakespeare and many others, all of whom contributed to the development of the figure of the gentilhomme , or gentleman. As both poet and diplomat, Castiglione served the Dukes of Urbino, before becoming a papal representative to the court of Emperor Charles V. Raphael painted him in a celebrated portrait of 1515, depicted precisely as the ideal courtier described in the present work. Adams C-924; PMM 59; Renouard Alde , 105:3. Folio (302 x 195mm). (Short closed tear to title page, occasional minor worming.) 18th-century calf, gilt spine (spine worn). Provenance : early ink inscription on title-page.
CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare (1478-1529). Il libro del cortegiano . Venice: heirs of Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresano d’Asola, April 1528. The first edition of Castiglione's famous guide to courtly manners – an icon of Italian Renaissance literature . Composed as a fictional dialogue between important members of early 16th-century Italian society, Il libro del cortegiano features figures such as Pietro Bembo, Ludovico da Canossa, and Bernardo da Bibbiena, discussing the virtues of the good courtier over the course of four evenings. The discourse focuses on the central concepts of “grazia,” “misura,” “ingenio,” and “arte.” The work had a significant influence on Montaigne, Cervantes, Shakespeare and many others, all of whom contributed to the development of the figure of the gentilhomme , or gentleman. As both poet and diplomat, Castiglione served the Dukes of Urbino, before becoming a papal representative to the court of Emperor Charles V. Raphael painted him in a celebrated portrait of 1515, depicted precisely as the ideal courtier described in the present work. Adams C-924; PMM 59; Renouard Alde , 105:3. Folio (302 x 195mm). (Short closed tear to title page, occasional minor worming.) 18th-century calf, gilt spine (spine worn). Provenance : early ink inscription on title-page.
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