1598 Lesina Company Dialogues Italian Political Satire Cuisine Finance Orvieto

1598 Lesina Company Dialogues Italian Political Satire Cuisine Finance Orvieto

In 16^th-century Florence, there was a rise a style of literature that focused heavily on political satire. One such work was ‘Company of the Lesina Dialogues’. This work of unknown authorship describes a group of travelers on the way to Lesina and their conversations. It covers a wide variety of topics including food and recipes, as well as money and finance – things the group sought upon arriving at their destination.

While there are no exact connections between the two, the parallels between ‘Lesina’ and Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’ are evident. Fictional travelers discussing life on their way to a destination.

This edition was published in Orvieto, Italy in 1598. A unique 16^th-century work published in a small Italian town.

Item number: #8241

Price: $950

BUONI, Tommaso [attrib.]

Della famosissima compagnia della lesina dialogo, capitoli, e ragionamenti: Con l’aggiunta d’vna nuoua riforma, additione, & assottigliamento della punta d’essa lesina: Alla quale si e rifatto il manico, venuto meno per l’vso continuo de’ fratelli… Raccolti dall’ economo della spilorcieria.

Oruito: A. Colaldi e V. Aquilini, 1598.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 103, [1]
• References: USTC 838064; Goldsmiths’-Kress no. 02958.0 (1693 ed); Edit16 15017;
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
• Size: ~7.5in X 5.75in (19cm x 14.5cm)
• Very rare!

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