=Transcriber’s Note:= Since the original book did not have headings in the text, selected page headers have been used as sidenotes to indicate the sections set out in the table of contents. The Italian and English versions of the ‘Zinquanta Cortexie’ on pp. 16-31 were originally printed on alternating pages, which is impractical to display in an ebook, so the Italian is here presented first in full followed by the English in full. Line numbers assist with comparing the two versions. ITALIAN COURTESY-BOOKS. FRA BONVICINO DA RIVA’S Fifty Courtesies for the Table (ITALIAN AND ENGLISH) WITH OTHER TRANSLATIONS AND ELUCIDATIONS BY WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI. TO THE ENGLISH PAINTER WHO HAS MADE CIVILIZED MANKIND HIS DEBTOR BY RECOVERING THE PORTRAIT OF Dante BY Giotto, THE TWO DII MAJORES OF ITALIAN MEDIÆVALISM, TO THE BARONE KIRKUP, MY FATHER’S HONOURED FRIEND AND MY OWN, I AM PERMITTED TO DEDICATE THIS SLIGHT ATTEMPT IN A BRANCH OF ITALIAN STUDY LONG FAMILIAR TO HIMSELF. W. M. R. _June 1869._ CONTENTS. PAGE ITALY AND COURTESY 7 BRUNETTO LATINI 8 THE TESORETTO:—EXTRACT 10 FRA BONVICINO DA RIVA 14 THE ZINQUANTA CORTEXIE DA TAVOLA—ITALIAN AND ENGLISH 16 SUMMARY OF THE CORTEXIE 32 FRANCESCO DA BARBERINO 35 THE DOCUMENTI D’AMORE:—EXTRACT 38 THE REGGIMENTO E COSTUMI DELLE DONNE:—EXTRACT 45 SANDRO DI PIPPOZZO, GRAZIOLO DE’ BOMBAGLIOLI, AND UGOLINO BRUCOLA 56 AGNOLO PANDOLFINI 57 THE GOVERNO DELLA FAMIGLIA:—EXTRACT 57 MATTEO PALMIERI 58 THE VITA CIVILE:—EXTRACT 58 BALDASSAR CASTIGLIONE 60 THE CORTIGIANO:—EXTRACT 61 GIOVANNI BATTISTA POSSEVINI 65 THE DIALOGO DELL’ ONORE:—EXTRACT 66