MARTIUS, Galeottus. De Doctrina Promiscua . Florence: Laurentium Torrentinum, 1548. 8 o (177 x 112 mm). Contemporary thick paper boards. Provenance : Leonardo Trifrino (signature dated 1837 on front pastedown); bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Writing about 1488-1490, Martius observed that the inventor of the game of cards must have been a man of shrewd wit when one considers the significance of swords, spears, cups and country loaves. When there is strength, as indicated by swords and spears, Martius suggests that many are better than just a few. In matters of meat and drink, however, as indicated by the loaves and cups, a little is better than a great or excessive amount. Cups are goblets for wine and abstemious persons are more lively in wit and better in management of business than gluttons and drunkards. Country loaves, based upon their thin form and yellow color, are intended to signify pieces of money.
MARTIUS, Galeottus. De Doctrina Promiscua . Florence: Laurentium Torrentinum, 1548. 8 o (177 x 112 mm). Contemporary thick paper boards. Provenance : Leonardo Trifrino (signature dated 1837 on front pastedown); bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Writing about 1488-1490, Martius observed that the inventor of the game of cards must have been a man of shrewd wit when one considers the significance of swords, spears, cups and country loaves. When there is strength, as indicated by swords and spears, Martius suggests that many are better than just a few. In matters of meat and drink, however, as indicated by the loaves and cups, a little is better than a great or excessive amount. Cups are goblets for wine and abstemious persons are more lively in wit and better in management of business than gluttons and drunkards. Country loaves, based upon their thin form and yellow color, are intended to signify pieces of money.
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