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ACOSTA, Cristóbal (ca. 1525-ca. 1594). Tratado en contra y pro la vida solitaria con otros dos tratados. Venice: Giacomo Cornetti, 1592. 4° (190 x 138mm). Engraved title border, woodcut initials. (Title with small repair, without blank \kp\K2.) Blue morocco by Brugalla, 1946, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from José Porter, 1941.
FIRST EDITION of another rare book by the Portuguese physician and naturalist Cristóbal Acosta (Christovão da Costa according to Portuguese useage). The other two treatises alluded to in the title are both moral works. Giacomo Cornetti used the same title border for this and the previous work, publishing both in 1592. No previous sale recorded in on-line ABPC or AE. Brunet I, 41; Palau I, 1967.
FIRST EDITION of another rare book by the Portuguese physician and naturalist Cristóbal Acosta (Christovão da Costa according to Portuguese useage). The other two treatises alluded to in the title are both moral works. Giacomo Cornetti used the same title border for this and the previous work, publishing both in 1592. No previous sale recorded in on-line ABPC or AE. Brunet I, 41; Palau I, 1967.