[Rarebooks] FS: Rules for rhetorical translation based on Cicero. Venice: 1556

[karmbooks at aol.com]

Fausto, Sebastiano (or, Fausto da Longiano,Sebastiano). DIALOGO, Del Modo de lo Tradurre d'una in Altra Lingua SecondoRegole Mostrate da Cicerone... Venice: (Gio. Griffio, ad Instanza di Lodovicodelle Avanzi). 1556. Sm. 8vo. ff.54,(2). With the final blank leaf. Woodcutdevice on title. Orig. limp vellum, small circular coat-of-arms stamped onfront cover; some light text soiling. Bottom 1/2" (blank) of title pagecut away, probably removing a signature.    $850.00(trade discount allowed)
Thefirst edition of an important Renaissance treatise on the rules for rhetoricaltranslation based on Cicero's writing on the subject. The author (1502-1565)was a translator and editor and author of a number of books. BL Italian STC p.244. Not in Adams.
 
Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
P.O. Box 464
Santa Monica, CA 90406
Tel. (310) 451-4342; Fax. (310) 458-5930
Email: karmbooks at aol.com