Tommaso BUONI, Francesco Maria VIALARDI
della famosissima compagnia della lesina. Dialogo, capitoli e ragionamenti
Apresso Agostino Tradate|In Milano [Milan] 1601|10.50 x 15.30 cm|relié
New edition. The earliest we have been able to trace is that held by the Sainte-Geneviève library, from 1589, in Vicenza. The work has been attributed in turn to Buoni and to Vialardi, without certainty.
Early 19th-century half green sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Green sheep title label. One hole at foot. Overall rubbed. Trace of pale dampstaining at bottom of page on preliminary leaves and reappearing on some leaves.
Statutes of the Company of Miserliness founded on avarice. These are based on all possible ways of economizing, whether through food (cutting wine with water) or for example in writing (not putting dots on i's to save ink), etc. After having detailed the history and statutes of the company, successive short chapters detail the order's recommendations. Satirical writing on this imaginary company turning misers and penny-pinchers into ridicule with the utmost seriousness.
Early 19th-century half green sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Green sheep title label. One hole at foot. Overall rubbed. Trace of pale dampstaining at bottom of page on preliminary leaves and reappearing on some leaves.
Statutes of the Company of Miserliness founded on avarice. These are based on all possible ways of economizing, whether through food (cutting wine with water) or for example in writing (not putting dots on i's to save ink), etc. After having detailed the history and statutes of the company, successive short chapters detail the order's recommendations. Satirical writing on this imaginary company turning misers and penny-pinchers into ridicule with the utmost seriousness.
€400