this book was published in Venice in 1714 by a known publisher. It is written by Don Daniel Dubon living in Zeeland and dedicated to a florentine man Sebastiano Tommaso Nozzoli. It contains 5 short poems (sonettos) , a dedication, an introduction two chapters and a list of printing errors. No illustrations. It is an example of moral literature from the period describing the lack of meaning in life beside moral life. This book was never described before , of sebastiano Tommaso Nozzoli we know few letter to a religious person from an archive in florence. Book acquired from an antiquarium/book seller in Basel. it contains 30 not numbered pages and 171 numbered pages . the leather cover was damaged by worns and the last unnumbered pages are stai ed because of some liquid with no damage to the pages and to the letters. all pages are in place and with no other damage and the book binding is well done and still in the original conditions . the cover has the marks of two closing elements not longer in place. there is hand writing in the first inner page see images .