- ANDREINI, Isabella Lettere [...]. Aggiuntovi di nuovo li ragionamenti piacevol...

- ANDREINI, Isabella Lettere [...]. Aggiuntovi di nuovo li ragionamenti piacevoli dell'istessa [...]. Di nuovo ristampate, & con ogni diligenza ricorrete [...]. Venice, G.B. Combi, 1638 2 parts with continued pagination in 1 vol., 8vo: [24]-455 (= 453)-[2] pp. (some prelims inverted; light dampstaining, wormtrack (2 quires) sl. touching text, occ. sm. ink staining). Contemp. red tinted overl. vellum, flat spine, red sprinkled edges. Collection of letters (1st ed.: 1607) on human beauty, love, compassion, death etc. Isabella Andreini (1562-1604) was an actress, member of the Compagnia dei Comici Gelosi, a theatre company that performed Commedia dell'arte for the highest social circles of Italy and France. From the beginning she played enamoured woman, "prima donna innamorata" and was one of the women who developed improvisation. She married Francesco Andreini who became director of the Gelosi in 1589.
Ref. USTC 4013185. -Not in STC Italian (other ed.), Gamba.
Prov. Contemp. ms. ownership entry on front pastedown. - Contemp. ms. note in French on front flyleaf : "Si la fortune me faict tort, Patience me conforte. Il faut endurer pour parvenir. Tout par amour rien par force. J'ayme la vertu qui surpasse tout".