Melchiore de la Cerdà - Campi Eloquentiae in cavssis, envmeratione partivm - 1614

Rare original edition of this treatise devoted to eloquence applied to causes and the practice of argumentative discourse, in the intellectual and legal context of the early seventeenth century -

The work is part of the tradition of classical rhetoric, inherited notably from Cicero, Quintilian, and humanist formation, while emphasizing the techniques for constructing a discourse intended to convince, defend a position, and orient the judgment of an audience -

The title, which evokes the 'fields of eloquence' and the enumeration of its different parts, announces a methodical approach aimed at organizing the constitutive elements of the discourse and showing how these can be employed in the different kinds of causes -

Melchiore de la Cerdà - Campi Eloquentiae in cavssis, envmeratione partivm - 1614 - Two parts in one volume - Horatii Cardon -
Approximately 1410 pages.

Good binding condition, the work in its full rigid limp vellum with period flaps, stains and wear from use, some minor defects on boards and spine, traces of laces, the edges project, speckled edges, smooth spine with manuscript title written in ink -

Good interior condition, stains and damp traces, paper creased in places, some sheets worn at the edges, title page printed in red and black and ornate with a fine vignette, text fairly clean, nice initial, good copy -

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