Cronica di Matteo Villani a Miglior Lezione Ridotta coll'auto de'testi a penna

by Matteo Villani

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

6 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary quarter polished brown calf and marbled boards, one title label missing, else fine. Bookplate of Byrdcliffe. Item #229418 Giovanni Villani ca 1275-1348 , the Florentine writer of the famous chronicles the Cronica is the greatest Italian chronicler of his own times and the cornerstone of the early medieval history of Florence. His interest in economic details makes him the most modern of the late medieval

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