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La felicità del matrimonio. Opera Morale, piacevole, e politica dell' Abate N.N. I
by [Campastri, Tomasso]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Milano: Nella Stamperia di Antonio Agnelli, 1760 First edition of a rare treatise on marriage by the Italian priest Tommaso Campastri (d. 1778), published eleven years before his more famous work, La Donna qual si Vorrebbe. . Contemporary stiff vellum with title and erroneous author ("Roberti") written in manuscript on spine. The name "Roberti" also appears in ink after "Abate N.N." on the title-page. . Octavo. Engraved frontisportrait, engraved vignette on title-page, woodcut headband, initial letter, and tail-pieces Covers a bit soiled, with minor stains, and vellum patch at foot of spine. A few small wormholes on binding near back joints.Back free endpaper detached, light worming at gutter margins of endpapers, extending to lower margin of last two leaves of text, but not touching text. Overall a very good, crisp copy. La felicità del matrimonio discusses the problems of choosing a wife based on physical beauty, the nature of women, and the inherent inequalities of the sexes, especially when there is a large different in age or education. He advises on how to deal with admirer's of one's wife, the reading of romances an novels, etc. Campastri alludes to a number of authors in this treatise, including Locke, Newton, Boccaccio, Pettrarch, Addison, Fontenelle, and Ben Jonson.
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16235
- Title
- La felicità del matrimonio. Opera Morale, piacevole, e politica dell' Abate N.N. I
- Author
- [Campastri, Tomasso]
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary stiff vellum with title and erroneous author ("Roberti") written in manuscript on spine. The name "Roberti" also ap
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of a rare treatise on marriage by the Italian prie
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nella Stamperia di Antonio Agnelli,
- Place of Publication
- Milano:
- Date Published
- 1760
- Pages
- [14], 122 pp.
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Spine
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