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CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE.
Il Libro del Cortegiano.
[5], 195
leaves. 8vo,
152
x100 mm, early 19th-century vellum boards with slight discoloration, spine darkened;
contents lightly dampstained and dampwrinkled, title soiled;
1
/
4
morocco folding case.
Booklabel of Bent Juel-Jensen.
(
Venice: House of the Sons of Aldus), 1541
[5,000/7,000]
Third Aldine edition. Renouard, page 121(1); New UCLA 299.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF HENRY HOWARD
,
EARL OF NORTHAMPTON
(1540-1614),
WITH HIS CALLIGRAPHIC SIGNATURE
and various mottoes and quotations in Greek, Latin,
and Italian on the title,
AND OVER
200
MARGINAL ANNOTATIONS IN ITALIAN IN HIS
HAND
.
In his 1995 study The Fortunes of the Courtier: The European Reception of
Castiglione’s Cortegiano, pages 79-80, Peter Burke discusses this copy in detail as a prime
example of the influence of the book on the aristocracy in Renaissance England, describing the
marginalia as “the fullest and most systematic annotations on Castiglione known to me.”
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CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE.
Il Libro del Cortegiano.
[5], 195, [8]
leaves.
8
vo, 149x98 mm, contemporary limp vellum with calligraphic spine title in ink, spine
slightly darkened and rubbed with small hole, ties lacking; scattered marginal foxing, light
soiling on title; gilt edges, gauffered to strapwork pattern with row of repeating dark
cinquefoils in center. 18th-century stamp of the Colonna library on title and elsewhere.
(
Venice: House of the Sons of Aldus), 1547
[800/1,200]
Fourth Aldine edition. Renouard, page 139(1); New UCLA 367.
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