La vita del signor Don Ferrando Davalo Marchese di Pescara [...] tradotta per M. Lodovico Domenichi [...].

Sm. 8vo: 140-[8] ff. (upper margin cut short, wormholes in part of upper margin and printed lines, foxing, sl. marg. (damp)staining, end of the vol. soiled).

17th-c. vellum, flat spine, red spr. edges (sm. staining, sm. defect to front cover).

Translation from Latin by L. Domenichi (1st ed.: Firenze, 1551) of the biography of Fernando Francesco d'Ávalos by Giovio. The condottiero F. d'Ávalos (1489-1525), marquese of Pescara, was an important military figure in the Great Wars of Italy. He was taken prisoner by the French during the Battle of Ravenna in 1512 but released after the War of the League of Cambrai. He was later Chief Commander of the armies of Charles V and defeated the French at Bicocca and Pavia. He was married to Vittoria Colonna, one of the most famous Italian female poets of 16th century. Giovio (1483-1552), physician and historian, was named bishop of Nocera de' Pagani in 1528. He was Vittoria Colonna's guest in Ischia. Printer's marks on title and at colophon. Some ornamental initials.
Ref. EDIT16 21215. - STC Italian p. 304. - Not in Adams (other ed.).