1532 HISTORY OF MILAN WAR antique book in ITALIAN by Galeazzo Capella 16th cent.

De rebus nuper in Italia gestis, libri octo.
by Capella, Galeazzo Flavio (1487-1537)
Published : Nürnberg, Johannes Petreius, 1532
Size 5 1/2 by 7 1/3" (182 x 130 mm)
75, [1] lvs.
Coats of arms on the title page
Modern half parchment binding with corners, modern endpapers, manuscript title on the spine.
Very good condition
Rare second edition (the first printed in Germany) of the much-published and translated work: a history of the so-called Milan War, which led first to the expulsion but eventually to the reinstatement of Francesco Sforza II as Duke of Milan.
Italian writer and statesman (1487-1537) Capella was secretary to the Duke and for a time minister;
he reports here as an intimate connoisseur of the events and backgrounds.

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