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Della scienza chiamata cavalleresca libri tre.

Della scienza chiamata cavalleresca libri tre.

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Della scienza chiamata cavalleresca libri tre.

by Maffei, Francesco Scipione, 1675-1755

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Venice: Luigi Pavino, 1716. Third edition. Very Good. Octavo (18 cm); [16], 417, [30] pages. Roman and italic type. One woodcut letter populated with figures. Freshly bound in full morocco with gilt title label. Original marbled endleaves. Edges stained red. Early owner's autograph on front blank. Occasional light blemishes on first and last leaves.

Masquerading as the umpty-umpth treatise on chivalry and dueling, this essay by the 18th-century Veronese polymath Scipione Maffei is in fact a radical step forward in political science. It sustains that qualities of virtue and nobility do not derive from birthrights or from family lineage, but are earned through professional skills and legal advancement based on merit.

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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
6172
Title
Della scienza chiamata cavalleresca libri tre.
Author
Maffei, Francesco Scipione, 1675-1755
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
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Edition
Third edition
Publisher
Luigi Pavino
Place of Publication
Venice
Date Published
1716
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Chivalry Duelling Meritocracy Nobility Military rank
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The Long Eighteenth Century;

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Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Leaves
Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Edges
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