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Directorium humane vite, alias, Parabole antiquorum sapientum
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Directorium humane vite, alias, Parabole antiquorum sapientum

Giovanni da Capua; Prüss, Johann (1510); Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis Baron (1880-1946); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Riviere & Son

[about 1489]

Signatures: a-m⁶ n¹⁰. Imprint from ISTC. Latin translation by Giovanni da Capua of the Hebrew version of Kalīlah wa-Dimnah (Arabic version of Fables of Bidpai). On the four issues of this ...

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The French academie : Wherein is discoursed the institution of manners, and whatsoever else concerneth the good and happie life of all estates and callings, by precepts of doctrine, and examples of the lives of ancient sages and famous men

La Primaudaye, Pierre de (1545-); T. B. C; Beard, Thomas (1632); Bowes, Thomas (fl. 1586)

1614

Signatures: A-Ccc⁸, Ddd². Title within ornamental border. Head-pieces; initials. Leaf F3 missigned E3; pages 131, 436 and 452 misnumbered 231, 463 and 438 repectively. Translated by either ...

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Hecatommithi, ouero, Cento novelle

Giraldi, Giambattista Cinzio (1504-1573)

1574

"Et vi sono tre Dialoghi della vita civile, li quali a gli huomini mostrano come devono ammaestrare i loro figlivoli, & a giovani come ben reggersi"--t.p. of v. 2. Vol. 2 lacks edition statement. ...

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