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The Medici / by Colonel G.F. Young, C.B.; with 32 illustrations reproduced in aquatone.
LIBRA 945.05L M463Y 1933
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, G. F. (George Frederick), 1846-1919.
- Series:
- Modern library of the world's best books
- The modern library of the world's best books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medici, House of.
- Penn Provenance:
- Lyman, Philip (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 824 pages xxxii plates on l6 leaves : portraits, folded genealogical tables ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Modern Library, [1933]
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Florence
- The Medici
- Giovanni di Bicci (1400-1428)
- Cosimo (Pater Patriae) (1428-1464)
- The Medici palace
- Pier il Gottoso (1464-1469)
- The frescoes in the chapel of the Medici palace
- Lorenzo the magnificent (1469-1478)
- Lorenzo the magnificent (1478-1492)
- Pietro the unfortunate (1492-1494)
- Interregnum
- Giuliano (Duc de Nemours) and Lorenzo (duke of Urbino) (1512-1519)
- Giovanni (Leo X) (1513-1521)
- The twenty months' pontificate of Adrain VI (1521-1523)
- Giulio (Clement VIII) (1523-1527)
- Clarice de' Medici (Clarice Strozzi)
- Giulio (Clement VII) (1528-1534)
- Ippolito, Alessandro, and Margaret (1530-1537)
- Catherine de' Medici (1519-1559)
- Catherine de' Medici (1559-1589)
- Lorenzo (the elder), Pier Francesco (the elder), Lorenzo (the younger), and Pier Francesco (the younger)
- Giovanni "popolano," and Catherine Sforza
- Giovanni Delle Bande Nere and Maria Salviati
- Cosimo I (1537-1574)
- Francis I (1574-1587)
- Ferdinand I (1587-1609)
- Cosimo II (1609-1620)
- Ferdinand II (1620-1670)
- Cosimo III (1670-1723)
- Giovanni Gastone (1723-1737)
- Anna Maria Ludovica ("the last of the medici")
- San Lorenzo and the tombs of the Medici.
- Notes:
- "First modern library edition."
- "Authorities consulted": p. xix-xxi.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1 has notes in pencil on front pastedown: "GBM Phil Lyman's copy Feb 26, 1974".
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has bookplate (no name) on front pastedown.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Young, G.F. (George Frederick), 1846-1919. Medici.
- OCLC:
- 406952
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