BARGAGLI, Scipione (1540-1612) - I Trattenimenti [..] dove da vaghe donne e da giovani huomini rappresentati sono honesti e dilettevoli giuochi, narrate novelle, e cantate alcune amorose canzonette. Venice: Bernardo Giunti, 1592.   A genuine copy in good condition of the famous treatise by Scipione Bargagli, Sienese scholar, member of the Accademia degli Intronati and of the Academy of Venice. The work is part of the tradition of treatises on parlor games, starting from a Boccaccio-like setting: four noblewomen and five young men gather in besieged Siena to celebrate the last three days of the 1554 carnival, telling each other stories of love and indulging in the description of the games.   4to (205 x 150mm). Printer's device on title, woodcut initials (marginal wormtrack to title and to following two leaves as well as to the last two final leaves, very light browning, more marked and with foxing on gatherings 2E-2K and 2M). Contemporary vellum (slight defects).

Estimate € 150 - 250

Sold € 240