Discorsi Morali Su La Tavola di Cebete Tebano.
by A.Mascardi
Venice, Pinelli ; 1627
First Edition
With engraved title page.
Original vellum, spine with raised bands and manuscript title.
Mascardi was "for some time head of the Academy of Humorists, is said to have wielded the most excellent pen of his time, but otherwise very much devoted to vices..." (Jocher III, 252-3; cf. also NBG XXXIV, 125).
Very good condition, some soiling of the vellum
Size: 7 1/2 by 9 3/4 inches
Text in Italian

"Moral Discourses on the Tablet of Cebes the Theban" - the work by Agostino Mascardi, published in 1627 in Venice, which allegorically interprets and comments on the "Tablet of Cebes", an ancient Greek text attributed to Cebes of Thebes, which narrates the allegorical journey of the Soul towards Virtue through a painted image, offering precious moral and philosophical teachings on life, passions and the search for true happiness.



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