FRANCESCO I -- [BALDINI, Baccio.] Discorso sopra la mascherata della geneologia degl'iddei de'gentili. Mandata fuori dall' S. Duca di Firenze, & Siena il giorno 21. di febbraio MDLXV . Florence: i Giunti, 1565 [1566]. 4°. Woodcut Medici arms on title. Large and small woodcut historiated and floral initials. Device on verso of last leaf. (Title spotted, some spotting to text, lower margin of D2 torn, a few margins browned and lightly soiled.) Recent vellum, spine titled in gilt. Provenance : Piero Ginori Conti (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this description of the 21 carriages carrying representations of the Roman gods during the festivities for the marriage in 1565 of the Grand Duke Francesco I and Joanna of Austria, sister of the Emperor Maxmilian II. An enormous team of architects, sculptors and painters, headed by Vasari, was needed to transform Florence into the humanist dreamland of ancient Rome. Baldini was "protomedico" to Cosimo Medici, and also the author of his life, Vita di Cosimo Medici (Florence, 1578). BL STC Italian p. 219; Censimento B162; Gamba 2750 "Bella e rara operetta".
FRANCESCO I -- [BALDINI, Baccio.] Discorso sopra la mascherata della geneologia degl'iddei de'gentili. Mandata fuori dall' S. Duca di Firenze, & Siena il giorno 21. di febbraio MDLXV . Florence: i Giunti, 1565 [1566]. 4°. Woodcut Medici arms on title. Large and small woodcut historiated and floral initials. Device on verso of last leaf. (Title spotted, some spotting to text, lower margin of D2 torn, a few margins browned and lightly soiled.) Recent vellum, spine titled in gilt. Provenance : Piero Ginori Conti (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this description of the 21 carriages carrying representations of the Roman gods during the festivities for the marriage in 1565 of the Grand Duke Francesco I and Joanna of Austria, sister of the Emperor Maxmilian II. An enormous team of architects, sculptors and painters, headed by Vasari, was needed to transform Florence into the humanist dreamland of ancient Rome. Baldini was "protomedico" to Cosimo Medici, and also the author of his life, Vita di Cosimo Medici (Florence, 1578). BL STC Italian p. 219; Censimento B162; Gamba 2750 "Bella e rara operetta".
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