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In Florence, All'Insegna della Stella, 1673. In 4°. Title page printed in two colors with the intaglio coat of arms of Cosimo III, two double-page intaglio leaves bound at the end, marginal damp stains, otherwise an excellent copy, 19th-century half-parchment and cardboard binding. Stamp of the Episcopal Seminary of Verona, with corresponding cancellation on the last leaf.
Specialist Notes
Second reprint (first edition in 1580, first reprint in 1615). Gamba, 98: «A small book of only 20 cards and 2 engraved plates, one representing the Piazza di S. Croce, and the other the plan of the game». Moreni I, 84; Melzi II, 388; Cicognara 1570. Brunet, I, 651. Moreni, I, 84: "This noble game of Calcio Fior., proper and peculiar to our city of Florence, together with the richest and most distinguished gentlemen, corresponded to that joyful festival called by the Greeks Sferomachia and by the Latins with the Greek word Arpasto".
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