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Annibale Adami

Historical praise of the two Marquesses Capizucchi Brothers Camillo and Biagio, famous warriors of the past century, 1685

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Rome, in the printing house of the Reverend Apostolic Camera for Francesco Antonio Tinassi, 1685. & nbsp; In 2 °. coat of arms of the Capizucchi family, supported by two putti, at the beginning of the dedication, and two oval portraits of the Capizucchi brothers, friezes, royal cartouches and chalcographic caps, damp halos and some stains on various papers, coeval parchment binding, defects.

Specialist Notes

Original edition of the & nbsp; biography of the Capizucchi brothers, the most famous of whom, Camillo (Rome, 1537-1597) was a fierce fighter against the Ottoman Empire in Hungary and Malta, Lepanto and Cyprus, and later against the Dutch rebels. This is the last text composed by the Jesuit Annibale Adami (Fermo, 1626-1706), teacher in the Roman College, famous above all for having written "The Sword of Orion, that is the military valor of the most famous warriors of our centuries, illustrated with historical praise ". Graesse, I, 18.

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