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The Book of the Courtier (Penguin Classics)

by Castiglione, Baldesar

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Used - Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Published
1986
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780140441925
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New York: Penguin Classics, 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Trade paperback. Translated, with an introduction, by George Bull. Notes, Index. Reprint. An early sixteenth century fictional work on manners and comportment described "as the supreme literary expression of the Italian Renaissance and its achievements." No previous… Read more about this item
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JERUSALEM DELIVERED: AN EPIC POEM IN TWENTY CANTOS; TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH SPENSERIAN VERSE FROM THE ITALIAN OF TASSO: TOGETHER WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, INTERSPERSED WITH TRANSLATIONS ON HIS VERSES TO THE PRINCESS LEONORA OF ESTE

by Tasso, Torquato

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Used - Very Good+
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Not Issued
Edition
First Thus
Published
1824
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1824. First edition thus, translated by J.H. Wiffen and limited to 250 copies. Two volume set [complete], Royal Octavo bound in later nineteenth century full forest green pebbled leather, raised spines with gilt lettering and decoratiion. All edges gilt, silk ribbon markers bound-in each volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Tasso… Read more about this item
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