DELLA HISTORIA DI MATTEO VILLIANI
cittadino fiorentino.
Li tre vltimi libri.
Che son' il resto dell'Istoria scritta da lui, che nelli stampati sino ad'hora mancano.
Con vn'aggiunta di Filippo Villani suo figliuolo, ch'arriva sino all'anno 1364.
Nuouamente posta in luce. Con due tauole vna de' capitoli, e l'altra delle cose più notabili
by Villani, Matteo
Florence, Giunti, 1577.
Typographic device on the title page with the woodcut emblem of Francesco de 'Medici
18th century cardboard binding
Clean interior, occasional foxing
First edition of the last three books of Matteo Villani's Historia; the last part, relating to events up to 1364, is the work of his son, Philip.
Size 6 by 8 3/4"

Matteo Villani (1283-1363) was an Italian historian.
Born in Florence, Villani was the brother of the historian Giovanni. He worked for a company called Buonaccorsi, of which he was the representative in Naples. After the death of his brother, he continued his work writing eleven books of the Nuova Cronica. Critics praised his commitment to seek sources and to read up on the facts; of particular importance it was the part related to the plague of 1348, which emerges between the clichés of the genre, an existential reflection on life. He died in a plague epidemic, in 1363.

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