Morte eroica e trasfigurazione letteraria del Marchese di Pescara . A short history and literary investigation into the assassination that helped restore the Aragonese to the throne of Naples in 1495. Crisci, Giovanni Battista. Lazzaro Scorriggio, 1638. Woodcut initial and tail pieces.
All edges gilt.
Minor wear only. Few leaves lightly toned. One of a very few known copies of a Neapolitan baroque discourse on government and politics, combining the literary traditions of Machiavelli's Prince and Castiglione's Courtier. Employing a free-ranging dialogue form, the text fleshes out the personal qualities of an ideal ruler, and the policies of an ideal state. The high idealism is mitigated by Neapolitan frankness and playfulness.