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Title

Lettere scritte da donna di senno e di spirito per ammaestramento del suo amante

Call number

Ms. Codex 283
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 1580895
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580895

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

between 1600 and 1750?

Place

Italy

Summary

Book consisting of twelve letters, each one prefaced by an "argomento," concerning the proper relationship between a lady and her lover. Includes a preface to the reader (f. 5r-6r) and a table of contents of the letters (Indice, f. 7r-8v).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   

Extent

107 leaves : 262 x 192 (142 x 97) mm. bound to 271 x 195 mm

Foliation

Paper, 107; [1-107]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

18th-century gold-stamped morocco. A few stains, especially on f. 13r. Cover worn around edges and spine. Cover pulling loose at inside hinges.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Sold by William H. Allen (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1959.
   

Subjects topical

• Italian literature--17th century
• Italian literature--18th century

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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