Avvedimenti Civili” di M. Giouan Francesco Lottini da Volterra “Prose di M. Agnolo Firenzuola Fiorentino” “Gli Amori [..]

The Second, printed in Florence by the Giunti, 1562.

The Third, printed in Venice by Andrea Muschio, 1566.

These are three books bound together in a single 1/8 folio volume, in limp vellum with the title on the spine.

At the beginning of the first book there are some contemporary notes, a fine printer’s mark on the first page, decorative initials, and headpieces. The book collects 563 thoughts on philosophical and political topics, presented with a Counter-Reformation spirit. The text was highly successful, reaching six reprints; this is the second edition, in a format different from the first.

The second book opens with the typical Giunti printer’s mark, slightly colored, and features beautiful decorative initials, some lightly tinted. The text by Agnolo Firenzuola, a writer and abbot known for his prose and poetry, contains several prose works: I discorsi degli animali, Delle Bellezze delle Donne, i Ragionamenti Amorosi dedicated to the Count of Aversa, Epistola in lode delle Donne, and Novelle Otto. All the treatises have fine initials and some small illustrations.

The third book has a fine printer’s mark on the first page and decorative initials. The work is a Hellenistic novel, one of the first Italian translations; its first printing, also translated by Carani, dates to 1550 in Florence.

The condition of all three books is more than good, with minor stains; the vellum cover shows some small abrasions.