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Firenze
Bruto, Gian Michele
Florentinae historiae, octo priores books, cum index locupletissimo, 1562
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Lyons, Jacopo Giunta heirs (Jacques Faure in the colophon), 1562. In 4 °. Réglé specimen, large wood letterpress on the frontispiece, initials and xylographic friezes, light uniform burnishing, rare and slight blooms, 19th century binding in Moroccan half, title, author and elegant friezes stamped in gold on the back, gilded cuts. Title page membership signatures.
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The work, which ends with the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent, aims to refute Giovio and is marked by harsh anti-Medicean spirits. It was precisely the Brutus' harsh criticisms of the Medici that, when it saw the light, Cosimo I had it destroyed as many copies as he could, persecuting the author. The Brutus (Venice, c. 1515 - Gyulafehervár, Hungary, c. 1594) was a traveler, humanist and historian.
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