Details

Subjects:

Italian literature -- 17th century.
Italian literature.
Italian literature -- 18th century.
Manners and customs.
Italy -- Social life and customs -- 17th century.
Italy -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Italy.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

Book consisting of twelve letters, each one prefaced by an "argomento," concerning the proper relationship between a lady and her lover. Includes a preface to the reader (f. 5r-6r) and a table of contents of the letters (Indice, f. 7r-8v).

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, 107; [1-107]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Binding: 18th-century gold-stamped morocco. A few stains, especially on f. 13r. Cover worn around edges and spine. Cover pulling loose at inside hinges.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by William H. Allen (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1959.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 100 (Ms. Italian 41).

Publications about:

Lettere scritte da donna di senno e di spirito, per ammaestramento del suo amante was printed by Giuseppe Barbieri, Ferrera, 1737.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 283

OCLC:

155964260