Excerpt from Baldassare Castiglione, the Perfect Courtier, Vol. 1 of 2: His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 The modern revival of interest in the Italian Renaissance has naturally led students to turn once more to Castiglione's Courtier, in whom they justly recognise the ideal representative of that great age. No less than three new versions of the Cortegiano have appeared in English during the last few years. In 1900 Hoby's translation was reprinted in N utt's 'tudor Classics, ' with an excellent Introduction by Professor Raleigh, and another handsome edition, with woodcuts by Mr. Ashbee, was issued by the Essex House Press, to be followed in 1903, by a new translation, richly illustrated and carefully annotated from the pen of Mr. Opdyke. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.