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FRANCESCO I & BIANCA CAPELLO -- THIEPOLI, Giacomo. "Lo Himeneo. Terzo Canto del poema nuzziale di M. Giacomo Thiepoli Venetiano, sopra le felicissime nozze della Ser m a Bianca Capello maritata all Gran Duca di Toscana". Manuscript, 16th century. Small 4°. Comprising title, 4-page dedication to Giovanni de'Medici, brother of the Grand Duke, a sonnet addressed to the same on one leaf, the "Himeneo" on 12 leaves, and a final "Epigramma" on one leaf. (Ink smudging to some headings, some holes where acid in ink has eaten through.) Recent marbled boards, backed in red morocco, spine with longitudinal title in gilt, original limp vellum covers bound in, the upper cover with title in manuscript. Provenance : Piero Ginori Conti (bookplate). [GACI, Cosimo.] Poetica descritione d'intorno all'inventioni della Sbarra combattuta in Fiorenza nel cortile del Palagio de'Pitti in honore della Sereniss. Signora Bianca Capello Grand Duchessa di Toscana . Florence: Giunti, 1579. Small 8°. Title with woodcut armorial incorporating the Medici arms. Two woodcut historiated initials. (Some spotting and browning.) Recent vellum, spine titled in gilt. BL STC Italian p. 284. (2)