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Le miserie de li amanti.
by Socio, Nobile
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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About This Item
Venice: Bernardino de Vitali, 1533. First edition. Very Good. Quarto (21 cm); [90] leaves, including final blank. In modern polished calf, titled in gilt on spine. Gilt dentelles. Some very light dampmarks through latter half of text. Reference: BM Italian, p. 631; Haym, III, p. 44; Hoepli, Cento Libri Piacevoli, 1936, n. 87; Jules Gay, Bibliographie des principaux ouvrages relatifs à amour, p. 205.
Inspired by Sanazzaro's Arcadia, this pastoral tale in prose and verse by a physician from Salò is set along the shores of Lake Garda. It is in fact a series of dialogues on love: what is it, how does it manifest itself, and how does it feel? Sexual love is not ignored in the discussion, which may be why the book was feverishly pursued by the youth of the 16th century, and heavily underlined and rumpled to the point that few copies survive. It is a true rarity of Italian pastoral literature and Renaissance ideas of gender and affection.
Inspired by Sanazzaro's Arcadia, this pastoral tale in prose and verse by a physician from Salò is set along the shores of Lake Garda. It is in fact a series of dialogues on love: what is it, how does it manifest itself, and how does it feel? Sexual love is not ignored in the discussion, which may be why the book was feverishly pursued by the youth of the 16th century, and heavily underlined and rumpled to the point that few copies survive. It is a true rarity of Italian pastoral literature and Renaissance ideas of gender and affection.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6474
- Title
- Le miserie de li amanti.
- Author
- Socio, Nobile
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bernardino de Vitali
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1533
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Sanazzaro dialogue ABAA-Boston Sex Sexual love
- Bookseller catalogs
- Renaissance and Early Modern Humanism;
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Biblio member since 2006
Tuxedo Park, New York
About Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio owes its name and its inspiration to the traditional Italian studio bibliografico. These small antiquarian bookshops, typically run by individuals who combine deep scholarship with a love of the printed object, remind us that underlying the words "study" and "studio" is the Latin term for zeal and devotion, studium. Since 1993, my goal has been to match discerning collectors with extraordinary books and manuscripts.
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