[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Della Casa's treatise on etiquette. Milan: 1559

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Della Casa, Giovanni. TRATTATO  DE GLI UFFICI COMMUNI TRA GLI AMICI SUPERIORI ET INFERIORI. Milan: (appresso a Giovann'Antonio de gli Antonii). 1559. First edition. 8vo. ff.22,(2). Including the 2 final blanks. Large woodcut device on title and at end. Finely bound in attractive brown early 20th century morocco, gilt.	$1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of Della Casa's short treatise on how to give orders to one's inferiors without causing too much offense. Censimento CNCE 16463; Adams C812; BL Italian STC p. 152 (under Casa, Giovanni della).


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