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Storia - Guicciardini, Francesco

The Historia of Italy divided into twenty books, 1599

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Venice, Girolamo Polo, 1599. In 8 °. 2 parts in one volume. , Woodcut on the title page, defects, halos, & nbsp; slight lacks, binding of the century. XIX in & nbsp; half parchment, slight defects.

Specialist Notes

Enlarged edition of Porcacchi's commentary. The "Historia d" Italia "is the most successful work of Guicciardini (1483-1540), who, in the footsteps of Machiavelli, reconstructs the historical events of Italy between the death of the Magnificent (1492) and 1534, year of the death of Clement VII. & nbsp;