Galateo

…widely translated treatise on manners, Galateo.

…of another famous treatise, the Galateo (c. 1551–54; Galateo is the name of the chief speaker; Eng. trans. Galateo), a book on courtesy in which the author’s witty mind and the refinement of contemporary Italian society found full expression. The excesses of the period were also vividly reflected in the…