The Courtier: Or, the Complete Gentleman and Gentlewoman. Being, a Treatise of the Politest Manner of Educating Persons of Distinction ... Translated From the Italian Original of Balthasar, Count Castiglione. In Four Books

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making t...