[Rarebooks] FS: Professions and trades Venice: 1651

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Garzoni, Tomaso. LA PIAZZA UNIVERSALE di Tutti Le Professioni del Mondo... In Questa Nostra Impressione Coretta, e Riscontrata con Quella che I'istesso Autore Vivente Fece Risampare. Venice: Appresso il Barezzi. 1651. 4to. (20),796pp. Woodcut device on title. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled, hand lettered spine.    $650.00 (trade discount allowed)
A later reprint of an early study on occupations, first printed in 1586, by Garzoni (1549-1589) and then reprinted often. Our 1651 edition lists 538 trades and professions (there is a list of professions in the preliminaries), and has additions by F. Driuzzo not found in the early editions.

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