Ringhieri Innocentio (fl circa 1550) Cento Givochi Liberali

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Ringhieri, Innocentio (fl. circa 1550) Cento Givochi Liberali, et d'Ingegno. Quarto, a4, b2, (lacking two preliminary leaves: b1 & b4, i.e., pages five and eight), c-z4, A-H4, (H4 blank & present), some water staining to text leaves, bound in full modern blue cloth, 8 1/4 x 6 in. Venice: Giovan Maria Bonelli, 1553.

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Second edition. This text contains a hundred courtly renaissance sports, pastimes, and other amusements heavy on civilized flirting, including the game of the lover, the game of jealousies, and the game of chastity. (See Naomi J. Miller and Naomi Yavneh's Gender and Early Modern Constructions of Childhood, New York: Routledge, 2016. Adams R-565.