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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MEDICI

by Christopher Hibbert; Harold Acton

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 1998

Slightly better than very good condition. The Medici were superlative patrons and collectors of art. Foreword by Harold Acton. Foreword by Harold Acton. Blue cloth boards, gilt title block to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour photos. Top edge gilt. xix and 361 pages including index.

A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at corners.

Stock no. 1826008

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Author's Note
  • Maps
  • PART ONE
  • Il Quattrocento
  • 1 Florence and the Florentines
  • 2 The Rise of the Medici
  • 3 Enemies of the Albizzi
  • 4 Exiles and Masters
  • 5 Archbishops and Architects
  • 6 War and Peace
  • 7 Artists and Mourners
  • PART TWO
  • 1464 - 1492
  • 8 Piero the Gouty
  • 9 The Young Lorenzo
  • 10 The Pope and the Pazzi
  • 11 The Saviour of Florence
  • 12 The Needle of the Italian Compass
  • 13 Lorenzo: Patron, Collector and Poet
  • PART THREE
  • 1492 - 1537
  • 14 Piero Di Lorenzo De'Medici and the Friar from Ferrara
  • 15 The Excommunicant
  • 16 Return of the Medici
  • 17 'Papa Leone!'
  • 18 The March on Rome
  • 19 Siege and Murder
  • PART FOUR
  • 1537 - 1743
  • 20 Duke Cosimo I
  • 21 The Heirs of Cosimo
  • 22 Ferdinando II and the French Princess
  • 23 Cosimo III and the Grand Prince Ferdinando
  • 24 The Last of the Medici
  • Notes on the Buildings and Works of Art
  • The Principal Medici Portraits, Busts and Statues in Florence
  • Bibliography
  • Genealogical Tables
  • Index

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