"Count Baldessar Castilio Translated by Thomas Hoby"

The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio

London: Edward Arnold, 1900. 1st Thus. An exceptional printing of this 16th century work on court etiquette and courtly life using the Elizabethan english translation of Thomas Hoby. Details call the publisher the Essex House Press, but also that of Edward Arnold, who was a famous publisher from the late 19th century to early 20th century. Bound in full vellum with cloth ties wrapped front to back through the vellum, cut short. Gilded title and translator on spine. Almost entirely uncut with natural edges to long and lower edges. Filled with woodcut initials, some quite large. Complete with endpapers. 

Pages: (4) 392 
Dimensions: 9 x 7¼ x 1¾. Fine+. Item #4625

Price: $500.00