BALDINI (Baccio). Life of Cosimo de’ Medici, First Grand Duk - Lot 22

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BALDINI (Baccio). Life of Cosimo de’ Medici, First Grand Duk - Lot 22
BALDINI (Baccio). Life of Cosimo de’ Medici, First Grand Duke of Tuscany. Described by Mr. Baccio Baldini, his Chief Physician. [Followed by] Discourse on the Essence of Fate and Its Influence on Worldly Affairs. And particularly regarding the actions of men. A rare biography of Cosimo I de’ Medici, written by Baccio Baldini (c. 1510–1585), a physician and scholar who served as the prince’s personal physician until his death in 1574. Florence, Bartolomeo Sermartelli, 1578. In folio (314 x 229 mm). Vellum, smooth spine decorated with a title label in gilt letters. (Binding from the 1820s). Text in Italian, [viii], 88 pp., 62 pp., 2 unnumbered pp.; 42 pp. Spine worn, slight stains on the covers. Signs of handling on the title page, marginal water stains, without damage to the text. A very well-printed first edition from Florence, published by Bartolomeo Sermartelli, title page featuring the Medici coat of arms, wood-engraved, text in attractive round type, adorned with illustrated initials. An interesting biography of the founder of the Medici dynasty. The work also contains two supplementary treatises devoted to virtue, fortune, and destiny, major themes in Renaissance political and moral thought. A fine copy with wide margins, preserved in a vellum binding.
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