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Castiglione (Baldassare) Il Libro del Cortegiano, second Aldine edition, collation: *4, a-o8, p6, woodcut printer's device on title and verso of otherwise blank final leaf, initial spaces with guide-letters, title and final leaf a little soiled and stained, one or two other leaves with light marginal staining, overall a good crisp and clean copy, old vellum, morocco label, lower cover soiled, spine lacking small portion at head (repaired), folio in 8s, Venice, sons of Aldus [Paulus Manutius], 1545. ⁂ Second Aldine edition of a cornerstone of courtesy literature and one of the most celebrated and influential Italian 16th century texts, the perfect definition of a gentleman. Translated into most European languages, over one hundred editions appeared between the first Aldine edition (1528) and 1616. This second edition, a reprint of the first, is uncommon. Literature: Adams C931, EDIT 16 CNCE 10073; Renouard 131.4, cf. PMM 59, first edition.