ARCANA POLITICA. Sive de Prudentia civili,

Cardano Cardanus, Jeronimus

Published by Elzevir, 1635

About this Item

HIERONYMI| CARDANI| ARCANA POLITICA| Sive| de Prudentia civili,| Liber singularis.| LVGDVNI BATAVOR.| Ex officina Elzeviriana, Anno 1635. A new edition of the work by Cardano (1501-1577?) titled Proxeneta, seu, De Prudentia civili, published 1627. A work of the last decade of his life, it is a handbook for household management, husbandry, politics, how to be successful at court, how to dissimulate, how to read history and ho to behave at university. The counter-reformation is strangling the Renaissance and the change is felt even in this book. Officina Elzeviriana. Leiden: 1635. [8], 608 pp. 11,5x6 cm From the library of Angelo Paratico, an Italian historian who had translated his Neronis Encomium in English. Old handwritten notes in Latin. Seller Inventory # 15

Bibliographic Details

Title: ARCANA POLITICA. Sive de Prudentia civili,

Publisher: Elzevir

Publication Date: 1635

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Inscribed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.