Main entry:

Castiglione, Sabba da, 1480-1554, author.

Title & Author:

Ricordi overo ammaestramenti di monsignor Saba da Castiglione cavalier Gierosolimitano : ne qvali con prvdenti, e christiani discorsi si ragiona di tutte le materie honorate, che si ricercano a vn vero gentil'huomo. Con la tauola per alphabeto di tutte le cose notabili.

Publication:

In Vinegia : Per Pavlo Gherardo, MDLV [1555].

Description:

[8], 135, [1] leaves ; 21 cm (4to)

Notes:
Imprint from title page; colophon supplies earlier imprint date: "In Vinegia, per Paolo Gherardo, MDLIIII [1554]."
Dedication signed: Paulo Gherardo.
"Con privilegio."
Signatures: *⁴ [dagger]⁴ a-z⁴ A-L⁴.
Woodcuts: large title portrait of the author writing in his study; printer's device on verso of last leaf, featuring a crowned eagle atop a book with clasps; large white historiated initials.
Text printed in italic type; marginal notes printed in roman type.
Includes indexes.
Brunet, I, 1631-1632; STC (Italy), I, 377; for variations see: BM (Italian), p. 157.
Colophon dated 1554.
Printer's mark on verso of last leaf.
Some errors in paging.
Woodcut portrait of author on t.p. (Cf. Harvard: Italian 16th century, 110).
Historiated initials.
EDIT 16 CNCE 10160

Summary:

One of the numerous 16th-century editions of the memoirs of Sabba da Castiglione, Italian collector, savant, and art patron, recording his collecting experiences, the works in his studio, and interesting anecdotes of artists and their subjects, including Durer, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, and others.

Subject:

Conduct of life Early works to 1800.
Ethics Early works to 1800.
Morale pratique Ouvrages avant 1800.
Morale Ouvrages avant 1800.
Conduct of life.
Ethics.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Gherardo, Paolo, active 1543-1560, printer.
Trissino Collection
Italy Venice.

Ricordi ouero ammaestramenti di Monsignor Saba da Castiglione caualier Gierosolimitano

Holdings:

Location: Library cage trissino 119916
Call No.: ITB9N1754 ITN1754; ID:85-B20216
Status: Available