Project Gutenberg 2015-03-19 Public domain in the USA. 76 Florio, John 1625 Florio, Giovanni Florio, Iohn Giardino di Ricreatione Reading ease score: 72.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Lindahl, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni, Carl Hudkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Giardino di Ricreatione" by Giovanni Florio is a collection of Italian proverbs and sayings written during the late 16th century. The work compiles six thousand entries of folk wisdom encapsulating various aspects of life and culture in Italy, serving both as an educational resource for language learners and an entertaining anthology for curious minds. Florio's aim is to celebrate the beauty of the Italian language while providing insights into human nature and social relationships. At the start of the work, Florio expresses his dedication to a noble patron, highlighting the reasons behind dedicating his collection to such individuals, including gratitude and acknowledgment of support received. He reflects on the past successes of his earlier works and aims to present a more refined edition filled with additional proverbs that he has gathered over time. The introduction sets a tone of humility and sincerity, inviting readers to explore the rich tapestry of Italian language and wisdom woven through these adages. Florio's use of proverbs showcases the wit and practicality of Italian vernacular, hinting at the depth of cultural knowledge contained within the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it Proverbs, Italian PC Text IT Folklore Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 380905 2024-10-20T09:24:14.793563 2023-09-21T06:09:31.147558 text/html text/html 388966 2015-03-19T09:54:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 219017 2015-03-19T09:54:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 249469 2024-10-20T09:24:24.330524 application/epub+zip 247265 2024-10-20T09:24:15.943542 application/epub+zip 201511 2024-10-20T09:24:15.353549 application/epub+zip 389233 2024-10-20T09:24:29.087506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468195 2024-10-20T09:24:23.718500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422643 2022-09-22T05:03:47.163086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305958 305817 2024-10-20T09:24:12.905561 2023-09-21T06:09:29.233568 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 305987 2015-03-19T09:54:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 113416 2015-03-19T09:54:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19671 2024-10-20T09:24:29.229476 application/rdf+xml 15147 2024-10-20T09:24:15.477569 image/jpeg 2620 2024-10-20T09:24:15.415557 image/jpeg 219777 2024-10-20T09:24:14.827550 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia