Detti et fatti piacevoli et gravi di diversi principi, filosofi, et cortigiani

The first edition was published in 1565, also in Venice. Printer's device on the title page. Printed in italics.
Full speckled brown paper boards, early 19th century. Red morocco title label. Fillets. Rubbing to headcaps and boards.

Collection of maxims and anecdotes on very varied subjects such as the love of girls, the measurement of the nose, wine, astrology, the nature of man...
Lodovico Guicciardini (1523-1589), scholar and man of letters, was counselor to Cosimo de Medici, then to the Duke of Alba, and settled in Antwerp where he published a description of the Netherlands.