Capella, Galeazzo Flavio 

Commentarii Galeacii Capellae De Rebus Gestis pro restitutione Francisci. II. Mediolani Ducis, in quibus pleraque bella, quae per novem annos in Italia gesta sunt, scitu non minus utilia quae iucunda ad veritatem scripta habentur. ab ipsomet authore exactiore cura nuper recogniti, & antea impressis emendationes.

Venice, Ottavio scoto for Pietro de Nicolino da Sabbio; 1535


Size 4 1/4 by 6 1/3"

Vellum bound, manuscript title on the spine.

257 pages

Very good condition.

Text in Latin

Rare edition.

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Galeazzo Flavio Capella also known as Galeazzo Capra (in Latin Capella means "little goat") ( Milan , March 7, 1487 - Milan , February 23, 1537 ) was an Italian writer and politician .

Galeazzo Capella (1487-1537), a Milanese historian also known under the name of Capra, was secretary first to Jerome Morone and then to Duke Francisco Sforza II, the latter commissioning the present work.  In addition to this work, he is remembered for his history of Milan (1520-31) and an account of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. EDIT 16 CNCE 9090. Index Aurel. 131.491. Not in Adams.  BM  STC (Italian) 145.
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