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Spino, Pietro
History of the life and deeds of the Most Excellent War Captain Bartolomeo Coglione, 1569
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Venice, Grazioso Percaccino, 1569. In 4°. Splendid allegorical architectural frontispiece, decorated initials, headpieces, and tailpieces, portrait of the author and a plate with noble coats of arms entitled "Virtuti Delata Armorum Imperia," printer's device at the end of the volume, restoration to the lower corner margin of the frontispiece, 19th-century half-leather and cardboard binding. Glued bookplate by Francesco Carcano.
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First edition of the biographical work written by Spino (1513-1585), a professor of rhetoric and history, poet, and biographer from Bergamo. This rare and fascinating 16th-century biography of Bartolomeo Colleoni, a celebrated mercenary captain in the service of the Venetian Republic, retraces the military exploits and political virtues of the Bergamo-born condottiero, offering an exemplary portrait of him within the context of Renaissance historiography and remains one of the principal ancient sources on Colleoni.
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