Autograph manuscript list of books from the library of Count Antonio d'Este on the Italian code of honor, with emphasis on the art of duelling. List includes works in support of, and in opposition to duelling. Among the 16th and 17th century authors represented are Andrea Alciati, Francesco Sansovino, and Torquato Tasso.
Description:
Purchased from Diana Parikian Rare Books on the David Wagstaff Memorial Fund, 1971.
Subject (Name):
Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550, Este, Antonio d', Count, fl. 1700, Sansovino, Francesco, 1521-1586, and Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595