Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Latin
Subject: History
Binding: Vellum
Description: Galeazzo, Capella Flavio Rebus Gestis pro restitutione Francisci, Commentarii Galeacii Capellae II. Mediolani Ducis, in quibus pleraque belle, quae per novem annos in Italia gesta sunt, scitu not minus utilia quae iucunda ad veritatem scripta habentur. To the best of my knowledge, the author is exact; the corrections are made before they are recognized. Vellum bound, with the manuscript title on the spine. Venice, Ottavio scoto for Pietro de Nicolino da Sabbio; 1535. Size: 4 1/4 x 6 1/3". 257 pages In excellent condition. Rare edition text in Latin. Italian writer and statesman Galeazzo Flavio Capella, also called Galeazzo Capra (the Latin name Capella means "little goat"), was born in Milan on March 7, 1487, and died there on February 23, 1537. Milanese historian Galeazzo Capella (1487–1537), also known by his pen name Capra, served as Jerome Morone's secretary before becoming Duke Francisco Sforza II's secretary, who ordered the current work. He is recognized for this book as well as a history of Milan (1520–31) and a biography of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. EDIT 16 CNCE 9090. Aurel Index: 131.491. Not in Adams. BM STC 145 (Italian).
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