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549 - Garzoni, Tomasso. *Piazza universale*, that is: A General Forum, or Market, and Gathering Place for all Professions, Arts, Businesses, Trades, and Crafts Practiced Throughout the World. Likewise, when and by whom it was invented...; along with a detailed description of everything pertaining thereto..., originally compiled in Italian by Thomam Garzonum from various authors and experiments... But now … most faithfully translated into our native language, and adorned with both necessary marginal notes and various indexes. With an engraved title border by M. Merian. Frankfurt, Hoffmann, 1619. 16 leaves, 731 pp., 7 leaves. 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (restored and stained).
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Garzoni, Tomasso. *Piazza universale*, that is: A General Forum, or Market, and Gathering Place for all Professions, Arts, Businesses, Trades, and Crafts Practiced Throughout the World. Likewise, when and by whom it was invented...; along with a detailed description of everything pertaining thereto..., originally compiled in Italian by Thomam Garzonum from various authors and experiments... But now … most faithfully translated into our native language, and adorned with both necessary marginal notes and various indexes. With an engraved title border by M. Merian. Frankfurt, Hoffmann, 1619. 16 leaves, 731 pp., 7 leaves. 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (restored and stained). First German edition. - Hayn/Gotendorf II, 503 note. - Bircher C 88 - Lipperheide 1965 Pa6 (1641 ed.) - Colas 1182 (1641 ed.). - “In 153 ‘discourses,’ the arts, crafts, social classes, virtues, and vices of the time are described in a crude and entertaining manner. It also deals with clergy, nobles, sorcerers, schoolmasters, students, prostitutes, midwives, suitors, poets, etc.” (Hayn-Gotendorf). - The beautiful title border depicts 18 professions, social classes, and artists, some in allegorical representations. - Text printed in two columns. - Pages 141–144 are double-paginated; pages 165–168 are missing. - Some foxing; brown spots in the upper right corner up to about page 60; upper margin with faint water stains; the first few pages have a few wormholes. *
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