Tirante IL Bianco: Valorosissimo Cavaliere Nelquale Contiensi Del Principio Della Caualeria: Del Stato, & Vfficio Suo: Dell'essamine, Che Debbe Esser Fatto Al Gentile, E Generoso Huomo, Che Dell'ordine Di Caualeria Decorar Si Vuole: E Come Dee Esser Fatto IL Vero Caualiere: Della Significatione De

E-118. Good. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Nelle case di Pietro di Nicolini da Sabbio : Alle spese pero del nobile huomo M. Federico Torresano d'Asola. , Nell'anno della salutifera redentione humana, In Vinegia (Venice, Italy). 1538. Iv, 283 pgs. Printed in roman type in double column. Illustrated with woodcut title border: entwined vines, with the castle tower device and initials "FT" of Federico Torresano in center of lower border. Privilege at foot of title page: Nissuno ardisca la presente opera sotto il Domini dell'Eccelsa Signoria di Vinegia stampare, ne in altri luoghi stampata vendere, sotto la pena, che nel priuilegio se contiene. Bound in 1/2 leather with marble paper covered boards. Boards are lightly rubbed and worn with a chip present to the spine. Bookplate of William Horatio Crawford (from the The Lakeland Library) present to the front pastedown with name present as well, with notes regarding pagination present to the pastedown and bibliographic notes present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. First edition in Italian of Tirant lo blanch, the finest medieval libro de caballeria in Catalan. The Valencian knight Joanot Martorell began the book in around 1460; it was finished after his death by Marti Joan de Galba and first published in Valencia in 1490. The book has had a lasting influence, particularly on Cervantes who described it as "the best book in the world" (Don Quixote, part I, chapter vi). Tirant lo Blanch (Tirant lo Blanc) , in English Tirant the White, is a chivalric romance written by the Valencian knight Joanot Martorell, finished posthumously by his friend Martí Joan de Galba and published in the city of Valencia in 1490 as an incunabulum edition. The title means "Tirant the White" and is the name of the romance's main character who saves the Byzantine Empire. It is one of the best known medieval works of literature in Valencian. It is considered a masterpiece in the Valencian literature and in the literature in Catalan language as a whole, and it played an important role in the evolution of the Western novel through its influence on the author Miguel de Cervantes. The book has been noted for its use of many Valencian proverbs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .