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Florence, Printing house of S.A.S. alla Condotta, 1688. In 4°, (6cc), 106pp. Occhietto, frontispiece with chalcographic vignette with the Medici coat of arms engraved by Francesco Nacci, woodcut initials and friezes, chalcographic panel with View of Piazza di S. Croce drawn by Alessandro Cecchini , chalcographic plate with the plan and ordinance of the two teams. Text in Italian and Greek. Coeval hardcover binding, handwritten title on spine.
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This is the most important treatise on the game of Florentine football, published for the wedding of Ferdinando prince of Tuscany and Violante Beatrice of Bavaria. Vinciana I,127: “It is known that the game of football described corresponds to that merry party that the Greeks called Spheromachia and the Latins Arpasto”.
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