[GAMES - SIENA] BARGAGLI, Girolamo. *Dialogo de' giuochi che - Lot 187

[GAMES - SIENA] BARGAGLI, Girolamo. *Dialogo de' giuochi che nelle vegghie sanesi si usano di fare*. Games played in Siena in the 16th century, a rare Venetian edition. Venice, Giovanni Antonio Bertano, 1574. In-12, Bradel binding in cream half-vellum with rounded corners, smooth spine adorned at the top with the calligraphic title. 288 pp., engraved title vignette bearing the motto “Tutissima virtus; pietas hominis.” In Italian. Minimal soiling to the binding; upper margins of the leaves are short. A rare edition, published two years after the original, of this “discussion of the games usually played during Sienese gatherings.” In this lighthearted, playful, and somewhat folkloric treatise, Girolamo Bargagli (1537–1586), a poet and playwright, describes approximately 130 recreational activities popular in Siena at the time, including palmistry and dice games. On the inside front cover, a label from the Italian bookstore G. Pedone Lauriel. In good condition.