MUZIO, Girolamo (1496-1576) - Avvertimenti morali.. quali sono Il prencipe giovinetto. Introduttione alla virtù. Le cinque cognitioni, a signor che vada a corte. Reggimento di stato.. Venice: Giovanni Andrea Valvassori, detto Guadagnino, 1571.   First edition of this work which includes the Institutione di sposa eccellente, which already appeared separately in 1561 (Pesaro, Girolamo Concordia): this and other writings dedicated to the theme of marriage are connected to the love story with Tullia of Aragon (Treccani).   4to (194 x 146mm). Printer's device on title, engraved initial, in addition to the SBN collation there an errata and a dedication to Pius V (two small wormholes in the inner margin of title without loss, fourth page with minimal repair in the lower corner, occasional light browning). 17th-18th-century vellum, panelled spine, speckled edges (light staining, later endpapers).

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