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Casa, Giovanni della (1503-1556) La Galatee. [Lyons]: Jean de Tournes, 1598. 16mo, a polyglot version printed in French (in civilité type),Latin, Italian, and Spanish in four columns, contemporary limp parchment, decased, 4 3/4 x 3 in.
N.B. Le Galatee [Il Galateo in Italian] was one of the most influential Italian courtesy books. Written by della Casa in the early 1550s at the suggestion of Galeazzo Florimonte, Bishop of Sessa, it also bears the Bishop's name.
Estimate $200-300
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