TOLOMEI, Claudio.

by Claudio Tolomei

£2,850 · Offered by Sokol Books

.Most attractive copy of Tolomei s influential collection of letters, in a handsome 17.th. century French gilt morocco binding. The two monograms of interlaced Bs and appear very similar on a binding realised for L éon de Bouthillier (1608-1652) and reproduced by Guigard (Vol I, p. 84). L éon de Bouthillier was Count of Chavigny, conseiller du Roi at the age of 19 and secretary of state for foreign affairs at 24. .In 1635, he signed a treaty of alliance with Holland and Sweden. Initially a friend of Mazarin, he conspired against him after the death of Louis XIII and was twice arrested during the Fronde. L éon was the owner of a rich library, part of which he inherited from his father Claude. .Claudio Tolomei (1492-1556) was an Italian bishop, writer, literary critic and diplomat. His letters (more than 300) are among the most interesting and finely written of the Renaissance, discussing the arts, philosophy, language and literature, architecture and political theory. First published in 1547, they went through 22 editions in the 16.th. century. Tolomei s correspondents comprise the most celebrated Italian humanists and politicians of the time: Annibal Caro, Paolo Manuzio, Francesco Guicciardini, Bernardo Tasso (father of Torquato), Cardinal Farnese, Henry II and Francis I of France. In a letter to Luigi Alamanni, Tolomei praises his recently published poem on agriculture; in another to Pietro Aretino he talks about their friendship. The most important letters are perhaps those

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