[Fine Binding | Bayntun | Essex House Press] The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio

Castiglione, Baldassare. The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio... Very Necessary and Profitable for Yonge Gentilmen & Gentilwomen abiding in Court, Palaice or Place, done into Englyshe by Thomas Hoby. London: Essex House Press, 1900. Limited to 200 copies, of which this is #. "Edited from the Cambridge University Library copy of the "Editio Princeps" of 1561, by Janet E. Ashbee, and carried out under the supervision of C.R. Ashbee, from whose hand is also the alphabet of bloomers." Numerous wood engraved initials by C.R. Ashbee. Bound in light brown morocco by Bayntun with dual gilt rules to the front cover, with small ringlets to each corner, and similar design to spine. Title and author in second and fourth compartments, respectively. Elaborate gilt rolled dentelles with vibrant pink and blue endpapers. Bookplate of Harry Glickman. Top edge gilt, page edges trimmed. Measures approx. 6.75" x 8.75". Some light rubbing to boards and edges, darkening to spine, some spots to rear cover.