List of Editions
THE LANGUAGE IS ITALIAN UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED
DATES AND NAMES ENCLOSED IN PARENTHESES ARE NOT FREE FROM DOUBT
1528 Venice Aldine Press: fol.: April: opd
1528 Florence The heirs of Filippo di Giunta: 8vo: October: opd
(1529) Tusculano Alessandro Paganino: 12mo: stm
1529 Florence The heirs of Filippo di Giunta: 8vo: opd
1530 Parma Antonio di Viotti: 8vo: opd
1531 Florence Benedetto Giunti: 8vo: opd
1531 Parma Antonio di Viotti: 8vo: ves
1532 Parma Antonio di Viotti: 8vo: stm
1533 Venice Aldine Press: 8vo: with a few poems by Castiglione: exd
1534 Barcelona Pedro Monpezat: fol.: Spanish version by Juan Boscan Almogaver: fab
1537 Florence Benedetto Giunti: 8vo: brm
1537 Paris For Jean Longis and Vincent Sertenas: 8vo: French version by Jacques Colin: exd
(1537) Lyons Denys de Harsy: 8vo: Colin’s French version: opd
1538 Venice Vettor de’ Rabani and associates: 8vo: stm
1538 Venice Giovanni Padovano for Federico Torresano d’Asola: 8vo: exd
1538 Venice Curzio Navò and brothers: 8vo: cor
1538 Lyons Françoys Juste: 8vo: Colin’s French version revised by Estienne Dolet: exd
1539 Venice Curzio Navò for Alvise Tortis: 8vo: stm
1539 s. l. Printer not mentioned: 8vo: abbreviation by Scipio Claudio: maz
1539 Toledo Printer not mentioned: 4to: Boscan’s Spanish version: fab
1540 Salamanca Pedro Touans for Guillermo de Milles: 4to: Boscan’s Spanish version: ace
1540 Paris Printer not mentioned: 8vo: (Colin’s) French version: ala
1541 Venice Aldine Press: 8vo: opd
1541 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 12mo: stm
(1541) s. l. “T-A”: 4to: Boscan’s Spanish version: fab
1542 Medina Printer not mentioned: 4to: Boscan’s Spanish version: brm
(1542) s. l. Printer not mentioned: 4to: Boscan’s Spanish version: bnm
1543 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 8vo: pas
1544 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 8vo: opd
1544 Venice Alvise de Tortis: 8vo: chi
1544 Antwerp Martin Nucio: 8vo: Boscan’s Spanish version: fab
1544 s. l. Printer not mentioned: 8vo: maz
1545 Venice Aldine Press: fol.: opd
1545 Paris Printer not mentioned: 12mo: (Colin’s) French version: brm
1546 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 8vo: exd
1546 Paris For Arnoul l’Angelier: 12mo: Colin’s French version: opd
1547 Venice Aldine Press: 8vo: opd
1547 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 8vo: maz
1549 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 12mo: chi
1549 Venice Alvise de Tortis: 8vo: vel
1549 Paris Gelles Corrozet: ——: (Colin’s) French version: bnt
1549 Paris Jean Lor——: 16mo: (Colin’s) French version: vel
1549 s. l. Printer not mentioned: 4to: Boscan’s Spanish version: ves
1550 Lyons Gulielmo Rovillio: 16mo: opd
1551 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari and brothers: 12mo: stm
1552 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari and brothers: 8vo: text revised by Ludovico Dolce: exd
1552 Venice Domenico Giglio: 12mo: opd
1553 Lyons Gulielmo Rovillio: 12mo: brm
1553 Saragossa For Miguel de Çapila: 8vo: Boscan’s Spanish version: fab
1554 Florence The heirs of Bernardo Giunti: 16mo: stm
1556 Venice Girolamo Scoto: 8vo: Dolce’s text: cav
1556 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 8vo: Dolce’s text: stm
1559 Venice Simbeni for Bernardin Fagiani: 8vo: with Paolo Giovio’s Life of Castiglione: cav
1559 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 8vo: Dolce’s text: brm
1559 Toledo Printer not mentioned: 4to: Boscan’s Spanish version: maz
1560 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 8vo: Dolce’s text: brm
1561 London William Seres: 4to: English version by Thomas Hoby: brm
1561 Antwerp The widow of Martin Nutio: 8vo: Boscan’s Spanish version: ala
1561 Wittenberg Johannes Crato: 4to: Latin version by Hieronymus Turler: jen
1562 Venice Francesco Rampazzetto: 12mo: cav
1562 Venice Printer not mentioned: 8vo: with Giovio’s Life: opd
1562 Lyons Gulielmo Rovillio: 12mo: Dolce’s text: opd
1562 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 12mo: ang
1563 Venice Same edition as the last, with change of date on title-page: maz
1564 Venice Same edition as the last, with change of date on title-page: stm
1564 s. l. Printer not mentioned: 8vo: edition erroneously dated “MDXLIV”: ves
1565 Venice Gerolamo Cavalcalovo: 12mo: Dolce’s text: stm
1566 Munich Adam Berg: 8vo: German version by Lorenz Kratzer: vat
1568 Venice Domenico: 12mo: brm
1569 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 12mo: vel
1569 Wittenberg (Johannes Crato): 8vo: Turler’s Latin version: maz
1569 Valladolid Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba: 8vo: Boscan’s Spanish version expurgated: brm
1571 London John Day: 8vo: Latin version by Bartholomew Clerke: brm
1573 Venice Comin da Trino: 8vo: with Giovio’s Life: opd
1574 Venice Gabriel Giolito de’ Ferrari: 8vo: maz
1574 Venice Comin da Trino: 8vo: maz
1574 Venice Domenico Farri: 12mo: Dolce’s text: exd
1574 Antwerp Philippo Nucio: 8vo: Boscan’s Spanish version: exd
1577 Antwerp Philippo Nucio: 8vo: Boscan’s Spanish version: bts
1577 Strasbourg Bernhardus Jobinus: 8vo: Latin version of Book I by Johannes Ritius: ves
1577 London Henry Bynneman: 8vo: Clerke’s Latin version: exd
1577 London Henry Denham: 4to: Hoby’s English version: brm
(1577) Paris Pierre Gaultier: 16mo: Colin’s French version: opd
1580 Lyons Thibauld Ancelin for Loys Cloquemin: 8vo: French version by Gabriel Chapuis with text: stm
1581 Salamanca Pedro Lasso: 8vo: Boscan’s Spanish version: ols
1584 Venice Bernardo Basa: 8vo: text expurgated by Ciccarelli, with Life by Marliani: stm
1584 Frankfort Bernhardus Jobinus: 8vo: Latin version by Johannes Ritius: ala
1585 London Thomas Dauson: 8vo: Clerke’s Latin version: brm
1585 Lyons Claude Bourcidan for Jean Huguetan: 8vo: Chapuis’ French version with text: vel
1585 Paris Nicholas Bonfons: 8vo: Chapuis’ French version with text: exd
1585 Paris Georges l’Oyselet for Cl. Micard: 8vo: Chapuis’ French version: exd
1587 Venice Curzio Navò and brothers: 8vo: d’a
1587 Venice Domenico Giglio: 12mo: exd
1588 London John Wolfe: 8vo: Hoby’s English version revised, with text and Chapuis’ French version: opd
1592 Paris Nicholas Bonfons for Abel l’Angelier: 8vo: Chapuis’ French version with text: exd
1593 Venice La Miniana Compagnia: 8vo: Ciccarelli’s expurgation: stm
1593 London George Bishop: 8vo: Clerke’s Latin version: exd
1593 Dilingen Johann Mayer: 8vo: German version by Johann Engelbert Noyse: ang
1599 Venice Paulo Ugolini: 16mo: Ciccarelli’s expurgation, with Marliani’s Life: ang
1599 Antwerp Philippo Nucio: 8vo: Boscan’s Spanish version expurgated: maz
s. d. s. l. Printer not mentioned: 4to: Boscan’s Spanish version: bnm
1600 Florence (The heirs of Filippo di Giunta): 4to: d’a
1601 Venice Giovanni Alberti: ——: jol
1603 London T. Creede: 4to: Hoby’s English version: brm
1603 London George Bishop: 8vo: Clerke’s Latin version: brm
1606 Venice Giovanni Alberti: 8vo: ves
1606 Frankfort Lazarus Zetzner: 8vo: Clerke’s Latin version: amb
1612 London Thomas Adams: 8vo: Clerke’s Latin version: brm
1619 Strasbourg Bernhardus Jobinus: 8vo: Ritius’s Latin version: cas
1619 Strasbourg The heirs of Lazarus Zetzner: 8vo: Clerke’s Latin version: brm
1663 Strasbourg For Simon Paullus: 8vo: Clerke’s Latin version: exd
1667 Strasbourg Bernhardus Jobinus: 8vo: Ritius’s Latin version: maz
1668 Zürich Printer not mentioned: 8vo: Ritius’s Latin version: maz
1684 Frankfort For Carl Schaeffer: ——: German version by “J. C. L. L. J.”: rei
1690 Paris Estienne Massot for Estienne Loyson: 12mo: French version by (L’Abbé Duhamel): exd
1713 Cambridge William Innys: 8vo: Clerke’s Latin version revised by S. Drake: exd
1724 London A. Battesworth and others: 8vo: English version by Robert Samber: nyp
1727 London W. Bowyer: 4to: English version by A. P. Castiglione, with Life and text: opd
1729 London E. Curll: 8vo: Samber’s English version: brm
1733 Padua Giuseppe Comino: 4to: Volpi edition, with other works by Castiglione and Marliani’s Life: opd
1737 London Olive Payne: identical with edition of 1727, title-page changed: opd
1742 London H. Slater and others: identical with edition of 1727, title-page changed: opd
1766 Padua Giuseppe Comino: 4to: Volpi edition, with Life by Pierantonio Serassi: opd
1771 Vicenza Giambattista Vendramini Mosca: 8vo: 2 volumes, with Serassi’s Life: opd
(1772) s. l. Printer not mentioned: 8vo: 2 volumes: d’a
1799 Bassano Remondini: 8vo: 3 volumes, including other works by Castiglione: d’a
1803 Milan La Tipografia dei Classici Italiani: 8vo: bnp
1822 Milan Giovanni Silvestri: 8vo: with Serassi’s Life: brm
1828 Bergamo Mazzoleni: 12mo: 2 volumes: bra
1831 Milan Niccolò Bettoni and the brothers Ubicini: 4to: amb
1842 Venice Girolamo Tasso: 8vo: 2 volumes, expurgated, with Serassi’s Life: opd
1844 Parma Fiaccadori: 16mo: expurgated edition: amb
1848 Copenhagen Schultz: 4to: early French version of Book III, edited by N. C. L. Abrahams: exd
1854 Florence Felice Lemonnier: 8vo: annotated by Count Carlo Baudi di Vesme: opd
1873 Madrid Rivadeneyra for Alfonso Durán: 8vo: Boscan’s version annotated by A. M. Fabié: opd
1884 Turin Libreria Salesiana: 16mo: vel
1884 Florence P. Metastasio for G. C. Sansoni: 16mo: with preface by Giulio Salvadori: opd
1889 Florence Gaspare Barbèra: 8vo: expurgated and annotated by Giuseppe Rigutini: opd
1890 Milan Edoardo Sonzogno: 8vo: with preface by Lodovico Corio: opd
1892 Florence Same edition as that of 1889, with changed date on title-page: opd
1894 Florence Carnesecchi for G. C. Sansoni: 8vo: annotated by Vittorio Cian: opd
1900 London Constable for David Nutt: 8vo: Hoby’s English version edited by Walter Raleigh: opd
Addendum
1900 London Edward Arnold (Essex House Press): 8vo: Hoby’s English version edited by Janet E. Ashbee, with woodcut ornaments by C. R. Ashbee: opd