Description

Lviv 1907, H.Altenberg

25 cm, XIII, [1], 544, [2] p., [43] f. plates, 1 genealog.

Semi-perforated binding from the atelier of Robert Jahoda, a renowned Krakow bookbinder. Top edge of pages decorated with flake gold. Preserved booklet front cover. Pre-title card slightly stained. Robert Jahoda’s signature sticker on the back pastedown.

The Court of Ferrara by Kazimierz Chlędowski is a fascinating story about one of the most influential Renaissance courts in Italy. Published in 1907, the book takes the reader into the rich world of the aristocracy and intellectual elite of Ferrara, a city that was not only a political center, but also the birthplace of outstanding works of culture and art.

Chlędowski, a well-known historian and essayist, describes with extraordinary insight life at the court of the dukes of the d’Este family, their influence on the development of the Renaissance, their patronage of the arts and their relations with the greatest figures of the era, such as Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso.