CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare (1478-1529). [The Courtier.] Il Libro del Cortegiano. Florence: Benedetto Giunta, 1537.
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Lot Description
CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare (1478-1529). [The Courtier.] Il Libro del Cortegiano. Florence: Benedetto Giunta, 1537.
Small 8vo (154 x 102 mm). Woodcut device on title-page, 5-7 line initial spaces with guide letters. (Title laid down, lacking a portion of upper margin and soiled, A2 with repair recto, some spotting, lacking B8, blank.) Contemporary vellum, hand-lettered on spine and edges. Provenance: Arthur Mullin (bookplate).
FIRST BENEDETTO GIUNTA EDITION of the first book to appear with his imprint. The first Giunta family press was established in Venice by Lucantonio Giunta in 1489; some thirty members of the family became printers or booksellers. RARE: according to online records, only three copies of this edition have sold at auction in the last 40 years.
Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi
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