Il Libro del cortegiano
Il Libro del cortegiano, Baldassarre Castiglione's courtier manual, printed in Venice in 1533 by the heirs of Aldus Romanus and Andrea d'Asola for a literate humanist readership. The picture is a framed printer's device centred on a page, with a crown above a wreath, a central emblem, and a dated motto below, set against marbled endpaper.
