PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro (1508-1578) - Dialogo de la bella creanza de le donne. De lo Stordito Intronato. Venice: Curtio Navò e fratelli, 1540.   Second edition after the first printed the previous year by Curtio Navò in Venice and just as rare to find on the market.   8vo (147 x 96mm). Large printer's device on title and at end, fine woodcut vignette at the beginning of the Dialogue, with final blank (some staining and browning). Elegant late 19th-early-20th-century dark calf with blindstamped and gilt fillet on covers, gilt spine, elegant inlays and marbled endpapers.

Estimate € 600 - 900

Sold € 1,200