[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Cardano's "Proxenta." A 1627 work on social norms and morals.

Kenneth Karmiole kkarmiole at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 19 12:45:48 EDT 2018


Cardano, Girolamo. PROXENETA, seu de Prudentia Civili Liber... Leyden: Ex Officina Elzeviriana. 1627. 12mo. (24),767,(1)pp. Engraved title-page. Full green morocco (circa 1800), gilt tooled borders & spine. A.e.g. Hinges just lightly rubbed, otherwise a very pretty copy.    $600.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of this posthumous, often reprinted text on social norms and moral practices. This work appeared later with the title, "Arcana Politica." Willems #272.

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