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[LOREDANO, Giovanni Francesco]

Historie de' re' Lusignani, publicate da Henrico Giblet Cavalier. libri undeci.
Bologna
Giacomo Monti
1647
€360 - €450

4to, (viii), 731, [1] pages, woodcut arms of the Lusignan family on title, woodcut headpieces and initials. Age-toned, some pale water staining in the beginning of the volume. Manuscript annotations in the margins and on French title. Contemporary full calf with gilt spine on five raised bands (ends of spine and one corner restored), red mottled edges, marbled end-leaves

RARE. 'Loredano (1607-1661) was a Venetian nobleman, politician and litterateur ... In his introduction, Loredano claimed to be a Cypriot, and his use of the pseudonym 'Giblet' was probably a deliberate reference to one of the families that formed the Lusignan court. It is possible that Loredano was a descendant of the family ... His history of the Lusignan kings of Cyprus ends with the death of James III Lusignan, son of Caterina Cornaro and James the Bastard, that is, James II Lusignan' Ref. Ioannou, Cyprus and the Levant from the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, II, p. 306; cf. Blackmer 1031 (1667 edition)

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