1681 Rare Italian Vellum Book - The School of Truth - La Scuola della Verita by Luigi Giuglaris.

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Author: Luigi Giuglaris.
Title: La scuola della verità aperta a' prencipi. Dal p. Luigi Giuglaris, della Compagnia di Giesu', con occasione della regia educatione data al serenissimo Carlo Emanuele II. duca di Sauoia prencipe di Piemonte, ...
Language: Text in Italian.
Publisher: In Venetia, Appresso Stefano Curti, 1681.
Size: 5.5 " X 3 ".
Pages: 776 pages.
Binding: Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed, small chip on the lower part of the spine - as shown)  under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Good content (bright, some light foxing and staining - as shown).

The book: Scarce 17th-century edition of The School of Truth - La Scuola della Verita by Luigi Giuglaris.

The author: Luigi Giuglaris (1607—1653) was a Jesuit and an outstanding orator and preacher in the style of concettismo. His most important works include Scuola della verità aperta a' prencipi (1650); Quare-simale, a collection of Lenten sermons published in 1665; and Teatro dell'eloquenza (1672).