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"11X16,5 cm. Leather bound. AN EXTREMELY RARE WORK BY CARDANO, WITH A CLOSE CONNECTION WITH SHAKESPEARE. HIERONYMI| CARDANI| MEDIOLANENSIS| PHILOSOHI ET MEDICI| longe clarissimi| DE SAPIENTIA| LIBRI QVINQVE,| QVIBVS OMNIS HVMANAE VITAE| cursus viuendique ratio explicatur.| Eiusdem DE CONSOLATIONE| LIBRI TRES.| Quibus propter similitudinem argumenti, et ipsius Cardani commendationem, adiecti sunt| PETRI ALCYONII VIRI| VNDEQUAQVE DOCTISSIMI| DE EXILIO,| Libri duo, Perquam elegantes et eruditi.| (Adrianopoli) GENEVAE, Apud Petrum et Iacobum Chouët.| M.DC.XXIV. Petrus et Iacobus Chouët. Geneve: 1624. This is a book containing 3 works. 1. Cardano's De Sapientia, (which was first published as HIERONYMI CARDANI| Medici Mediolanensis,| DE SAPIENTIA| Nürnberg: 1544). 2. Cardano's De Consolazione. (First published in 1542 by Girolamo Scoto, in Venice). This is thought to be the book which Shakespeare's Hamlet was reading and quoting in the play, "To Be or Not to Be…" comes from this book, which went through several translations in English: (First edition: Cardanus Comforte translated into Englishe.And published by commaundement of the right honourable the Earle of Oxenford. Anno Domini 1573.Imprinted at London in Fleetestreate, neare to S.Dunstones Churche by Thomas Marshe. -Translated by Thomas Bedingfield- 1573. 3. Petri Alcionii De Exilio. Pietro Alcionio (or Petrus Alcyonius) (c. 1487 1527) was a Venetian humanist and classical scholar under the patronage of Pope Clement VII. He is known as a translator of Aristotle. He was wounded during the Sack of Rome in May 1527, and died later that year. A great book in good condition, with yellowed due to the quality of the paper. Ex libris Rika Collart". Seller Inventory # 63
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Title: De Sapientia De Consolatione De Exilio
Publisher: Petrum & Iacobunm Chouet Geneve
Publication Date: 1624
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition.
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