The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici 1796
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Heading: (Medici, Lorenzo de)
Author: Roscoe, William
Title: The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, Called the Magnificent
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for A. Strahan, etc.
Date Published: 1796
Description:
Author: Roscoe, William
Title: The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, Called the Magnificent
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for A. Strahan, etc.
Date Published: 1796
Description:
2 volumes bound in one. xxvi, [2], 320, 136; [4], 312, 48, 111, [1], 11 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved title page, several head- and tail-pieces. 27x21 cm (10½x8½"), early polished calf with gilt ruling rebacked with later polished calf with gilt decorated spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Second Edition.
Revolutionary biography which in some ways imitates Boswell's Life of Johnson and in others looks forward to more scholarly biographies of the 19th century. Lorenzo de'Medici was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic. He is regarded as one of the most powerful and influential patrons of the Renaissance.
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General light wear to boards, corner tips worn; scattered foxing; very good.
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