1631 - Donati Jannotii Florentus dialogi de repub. Venetorum: cum notis et lib. singulari de forma eiusdem reip.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1631. Ex-Officina Elzeviriana.

Donato Giannotti (1492-1573) was an Italian politician and writer. He was one of the leaders of the short-lived Florentine Republic of 1527. He subsequently wrote theoretical works on republicanism. After the return of the Medicis, he lived in exile, dying in Rome.

Dialogi de Republica Venetorum was first published in 1540 and was one of the best sources for the history of Venice through the mid-1500s. While this book serves as a historical description of Venice, it was also written as a defense of republicanism and the government used in Venice in hopes of influencing Florence to adopt a similar style of government.

Bound in velum, several small open tears in spine, but interior is clean, free of pest damage and unmarked. N