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.