I marmi del Doni academico peregrino, cioè ragionamenti introdotti à farsi da varie conditioni d'huomini, à luoghi di honesto piacere in Firenze . Diviso in quattro libri

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<p>4to (198x145 mm). Collation: [pi]A⁴ *⁴ A-G⁸ H¹⁰, a-e⁸, Aa-Kk⁸ (leaf Ii4 incorrectly signed 'I4', leaf Kk8 is a blank). [8], 66, 40, 81, [1] leaves. Four parts in one volume, each with separate title page (parts 3 and 4 have continuous pagination and register), with frequent errors in foliation but complete. With woodcut printer's device on the title-pages, several woodcut vignettes, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and ornamental initials. Original limp vellum with manuscript title on the spine (spine worn, panels slightly soiled). Occasionally stained, marginal tear to l. A8. Otherwise, a good and genuine copy.</p> <p>Second edition, dedicated by the editor to Giovanni Vedramino, of this curious work by Anton Francesco Doni (first edition: Venice, Marcolini, 1552-1553). It is a collection of a great variety of texts consisting mostly of a series of imaginary dialogues involving over one hundred different characters, some real, some fictive, who are portrayed conversing on the marble steps (<em>I marmi</em>) of the Duomo of Florence on a wide range of unrelated topics. The many aspects (editorial, iconographic, musical, etc.) of the work are meticulously investigated by G. Rizzarelli (<em>‘I Marmi' di Anton Francesco Doni: la storia, i generi e le arti</em>, Florence, 2012, passim).</p> <p>“Anton Francesco Doni went beyond Franco, Domenichi, and Lando in his rejection of Cinquecento learning. The others believed that learning had declined and attacked individual humanists, but Doni argued that the <em>studi liberali</em> were fundamentally inadequate to teach men virtue [...] His <em>I Marmi</em> (1552-1553), or conversations overheard in the evening on the marble steps of the Florentine cathedral, contains a dialogue in which he rejects the <em>studi liberali</em>. A poultry vendor, a broker, and an unidentified third person begin to discuss how to

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