Hieronymi Faballi Laudensis Ad decuriones Cremonenses in controversia gymnasiarc

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FAVALLI, Girolamo (fl. 16th cent.), Hieronymi Faballi Laudensis Ad decuriones Cremonenses in controversia gymnasiarchiae orationes quinque Cremona In civitatis palatio apud Vincentium Conctum (Vincenzo Conti) 1563 THE DEBATE OVER JEWISH TEACHERS WITHIN THE CREMONESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Two parts in one volume, 8vo (147x95 mm). [16], 402, [6], 106, [4 of 6] pp. Collation: *8 A-BB8 CC4 2A-2G8. Leaves *8, CC4, 2G7-8 are blank. Here lacking the final blank 2G8. Printer's devices on the title and on ll. CC3r and 2G6v. Colophon on ll. CC2v and 2G6r. Contemporary stiff vellum, inked title on spine and lower edge (recased, endleaves renewed, minor restorations). 18th-century ownership entry on the title page Caroli Aloysij Pionnij . Small paper loss to the lower outer corner of l. Z5 not affecting the text, some pale staining at the beginning of the volume, worm track on a few leaves not affecting the text, a good copy. Rare first edition, dedicated to Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna (1531-1591), Duke of Sabbioneta -the town in Lombardy that he founded and designed according to the Renaissance principles of the ideal city -, of Girolamo Favalli's five orations on the controversy surrounding the government of the public school of Cremona. The book deals more specifically with the organization of public teaching, the professional status and selection of teachers, the admissibility of Jewish learning within Christian institutions, the expansion and repression of Hebrew printing, and the

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