Author: CASTIGLIONE (Baldassarre):
Title: Il Cortegiano del Conte Baldassarre. Riudutto, & corretto da Antonio Ciccarelli da Fuligni, Dottore in Theologia. Al Serenissimo Duca d'Urino
Description: In Venetia, Appresso Paulo Ugolino, 1599. Small 8vo, 153 x 99 mms., foliated [xl], 212, contemporary limp vellum; text block pulling away from binding, itself soiled and creased, with repair to inner margin of last leaf; generally just a fair copy, with a contemporary addition to the editor's name on the title-page The scholar Antonio Ciccarelli da Fulgni was active in the late 16th century and died in the same year as this edition of Castiglionle's work appeared, though his function as editor seems to have consisted mainly of expurgating certain passages in the text. "In 1528, the year before his death, the book for which Castiglione is most famous, The Book of the Courtier (Il Libro del Cortegiano), was published in Venice by the Aldine Press[11] run by the heirs of Aldus Manutius. The book, in dialog form, is an elegiac portrait of the exemplary court of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro of Urbino during Castiglione's youthful stay there at the beginning of the sixteenth century. It depicts an elegant philosophical conversation, presided over by Elisabetta Gonzaga, (whose husband, Guidobaldo, an invalid, was confined to bed) and her sister-in-law Emilia Pia. Castiglione himself does not contribute to the discussion, which is imagined as having occurred while he was away. The book is Castiglione's memorial tribute to life at Urbino and to his friendships with the other members of the court, all of whom went on to have important positions and many of whom had died by the time the book was published, giving poignancy to their portrayals" (Wikipedia).

Keywords: courtesy manners prose


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