Birago / Guarini - Consigli Cavallereschi - Pareri in Materia d'Onor e di Paci - 1686
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Birago / Guarini – Consigli Cavallereschi - Pareri in Materia d'Onor e di Paci; original Italian, first edition in this format, published 1686 in Ferrara and Parma by Giuseppe dall'Oglio & Ippolito Rosati; bound in parchment, 310 pages, 17.5 × 11.5 cm, in good condition.
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Very rare edition of this famous book by Francesco Birago (1562-1640), Milanese writer and author of several fortunate works on the doctrine of chivalry, to which is joined the Guarini treatise on honor and peace.
Chivalric advice of Mr. Francesco Birago, in which the method of making peace is discussed. With a chivalric apology for Sir Torquato Tasso and some Opinions on matters of honor and peace by Sir Alessandro Guarini..., In Ferrara, & in Parma, Giuseppe dall'Oglio, & Ippolito Rosati, 1686.
PP.: (XXII), 230, (II), 56. COMPLETE.
Exemplar with pages in overall good condition, with small wormhole galleries at the margins on several pages. Usual signs of use and time.
Contemporary binding in full parchment, well preserved. White endpapers.
Important provenance: the handwritten ex-libris of the private library, now extinct, of the eighteenth-century Piedmontese abbot Giambattista Filippi is present.
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I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
Translated by Google TranslateVery rare edition of this famous book by Francesco Birago (1562-1640), Milanese writer and author of several fortunate works on the doctrine of chivalry, to which is joined the Guarini treatise on honor and peace.
Chivalric advice of Mr. Francesco Birago, in which the method of making peace is discussed. With a chivalric apology for Sir Torquato Tasso and some Opinions on matters of honor and peace by Sir Alessandro Guarini..., In Ferrara, & in Parma, Giuseppe dall'Oglio, & Ippolito Rosati, 1686.
PP.: (XXII), 230, (II), 56. COMPLETE.
Exemplar with pages in overall good condition, with small wormhole galleries at the margins on several pages. Usual signs of use and time.
Contemporary binding in full parchment, well preserved. White endpapers.
Important provenance: the handwritten ex-libris of the private library, now extinct, of the eighteenth-century Piedmontese abbot Giambattista Filippi is present.
Seller's Story
I am always interested in purchasing individual works and/or entire libraries to help my bibliophile clients enrich their collections with rare and valuable pieces.
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Number of books
1
Subject
Cavalry and chivalry, Sociology, War history
Book title
Consigli Cavallereschi - Pareri in Materia d'Onor e di Paci
Author/ Illustrator
Birago / Guarini
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1686
Height
17.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Width
11.5 cm
Language
Italian
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Giuseppe dall'Oglio, & Ippolito Rosati; Ferrara e Parma
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Number of pages
310
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