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[LANDI, Giulio]. L'historia del assedio di Montalcino, citta del dominio di Siena con le factioni. Piu notabili in quel tempo successe... [Siena]: 13 November 1553.
4° (189 x 122mm). Woodcut of the Virgin on title-page. (Title somewhat stained and with a repair in the fore-margin, lacks the final blank.) Brown half morocco by P. Riach, g.e. Provenance: Charles Fairfax Murray (book-label); Guiseppe Martini, bookseller (signature and a pencilled note in his hand recording the book's purchase from Tammaro de Marinis).
An extremely rare eye-witness account of the siege of Montalcino by the Imperial army between March and June 1553.
4° (189 x 122mm). Woodcut of the Virgin on title-page. (Title somewhat stained and with a repair in the fore-margin, lacks the final blank.) Brown half morocco by P. Riach, g.e. Provenance: Charles Fairfax Murray (book-label); Guiseppe Martini, bookseller (signature and a pencilled note in his hand recording the book's purchase from Tammaro de Marinis).
An extremely rare eye-witness account of the siege of Montalcino by the Imperial army between March and June 1553.