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DEDEKIND, Friedrich (1524-1598). Grobianus. De morum simplicitate, libri duo. Frankfurt a.M.: Christoph Egenolff, 1549. Small 8°. Woodcut initial (lacks final blank, small paper slip pasted onto margin of title, lightly waterstained). 20th-century crimson morocco.
FIRST EDITION, SCARCE of this curious little treatise, a satirical poem in two books on table manners. In the first book, Grobianus is a servant but in the second he is someone's guest. Several chapters are dedicated to drink and the author advises how to avoid gluttony and drunkenness. The work is a well-known poem which was reprinted several times until the 18th century. Adams, Simon BB and BG and Vicaire only list later editions of this work.
FIRST EDITION, SCARCE of this curious little treatise, a satirical poem in two books on table manners. In the first book, Grobianus is a servant but in the second he is someone's guest. Several chapters are dedicated to drink and the author advises how to avoid gluttony and drunkenness. The work is a well-known poem which was reprinted several times until the 18th century. Adams, Simon BB and BG and Vicaire only list later editions of this work.
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