Vicenzo Maria. Istorie dello Stato d'Urbino da' Senoni detta Umbria Senonia e de lor gran fatti in Italia, delle città, e luochi che in essa al presente si trovano, di quelle che distrutte gia furono

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the Politics of Art CIMARELLI, Vicenzo Maria. Istorie dello Stato d'Urbino da' Senoni detta Umbria Senonia e de lor gran fatti in Italia, delle città, e luochi che in essa al presente si trovano, di quelle che distrutte gia furono famose et di Corinalto che dalle ceneri di Suasa hebbe l'origine. Brescia: Heredi di Bartholameo Fontana . 1642 [Colophon: per gli Sabbi, stampatori episcopali . 1643.] 4to. Near-contemporary full vellum with two gilt-stamped red morocco lettering-pieces to spine; pp. 16, [24], 184, 184, engraved allegorical title (in pagination); lettering-pieces a little chipped; occasional browning and spotting, but generally very good; 'N. W. Peach' to front free endpaper; armorial bookplate of Sir John P. Boileau to front pastedown (see below). First edition, very rare, with the colophon dated 1643. Vincenzo Maria Cimarelli (1585-1662) was a Dominican friar, naturalist, local historian, and inquisitor of the Holy Office from Corinaldo, near Ancona. His Istorie dello Stato d'Urbino constitutes a later yet important source on one of the foremost patrons of early Renaissance art and architecture in Italy, Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. The work sheds light on Federico’s far-reaching cultural and political network, including his connections with figures such as the painter Piero della Francesca, the political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli, and the architect Leon Battista Alberti. Provenance: From the library of Sir John Peter Boileau, first Baronet (1794-1

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