The life of Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent - complete in two volumes
1795, First Edition. Liverpool : Printed by J. M'Creery, and sold by J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, London. Near-fine copies both bound in contemporary marble boards re-backed in modern gilt-blocked aniline calf. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #298139
Physical description: 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, 28 cm. Pagination: volume 1: [4], xxii, [2], 320, 136 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 2: [4], 312, 48, 111, [1], 11, [1] pages. Each volume has an appendix, separately paginated. With half-titles. Index at end of volume 2 followed by and errata on verso of final leaf. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Medici, Lorenzo de' 1449-1492. Ruler of Florence - Biography. Statesmen - Italy - Florence - Biography. Renaissance studies.
Price: €1,395.00