Author: VARCHI, BENEDETTO; (JEAN-BAPTISTE REQUIER).
Title: Histoire des révolutions de Florence, sous les Médicis, I-III. [THREE VOLUMES].
Description: Paris, Musier, De Hansy, Durand, Panckoucke, 1765. Three volumes. Small octavo. Pp. xviii, 444; 430; 342, (6) errata, privilege (verso blank). Woodcut head-pieces. All 3 half-titles present. Extended index. Small, neat contemporary private stamp to each title. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary fine full mottled calf, spines with gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt-tooled compartments, 2 gilt morocco lettering-pieces to each, marbled endpapers, all edges dyed red. In fine condition. Excellent set. ¶ ~ The French translation of Varchi's (1503-1565) 'Istoria delle guerre della republica fiorentina (...)' (Leiden, 1723), translated by Jean-Baptiste Requier (1715-1799). Rare.

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