1664 Lesina Company Italian Politics Cuisine Finance Venice Canterbury Tales

1664 Lesina Company Italian Politics Cuisine Finance Venice Canterbury Tales

 

In 16^th-century Florence, there was a rise a style of literature that focused heavily on political satire. One such work was ‘Company of the Lesina Dialogues’. This work of unknown authorship describes a group of travelers on the way to Lesina and their conversations. It covers a wide variety of topics including food and recipes, as well as money and finance – things the group sought upon arriving at their destination. This work, which was published throughout the 17^th-century, has been attributed to Tommaso Buoni.

 

While there are no exact connections between the two, the parallels between ‘Lesina’ and Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’ are evident. Fictional travelers discussing life on their way to a destination.

 

Item number: #24001

Price: $599

 

BUONI, Tommaso

 

La Contralesina; ouero, Ragionamenti, costitutioni & lodi della splendidezza, del Pastor Monopolitan

 

Venetia: Presso Paolo Baglioni, 1664.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [20], 228
• Language: Italian
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in (15.5cm x 10.5cm)
• Quite scarce

 

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