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Castiglione Defines The Gentleman 1544

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Title: Il Libro Del Cortegiano del Conte Baltassar Castiglione
Author: Castiglione, Baldassarre
Description: 190 (of 191) ff. Lacking leaf AA1 (folio 185). (8vo) 6x4, later full calf, rebacked, spine lettered in gilt."The Courtier depicts the ideal aristocrat, and it has remained the perfect definition of a gentleman ever since. It is an epitome of the highest moral and social ideals of the Italian Renaissance, many of them inspired by classical examples " - Printing and the Mind of Man, 59 (for 1528 edition).
Heading: zzkPlace Published: Venice
Publisher: Gabriel Giolito di Ferrarii
Date Published: 1544

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