THE LAST OF THE MEDICI (Limited Edition)

Limited edition. 158pp. Frontispiece and 1 plate. Hardcover binding with gilt lettering to spine, and inlaid gilt illustration on front board. With dust jacket. Jacket in good condition, with slight edgewear, a couple of small closed tears to edges. Book in very good condition, light sunning to top edges of boards and spine. Various pages still uncut. Internally clean and solidly bound.

Limited edition of 365 copies, of which this is no. 165.

‘Gian Gastone de' Medici (born Giovanni Battista Gastone; 25 May 1671 – 9 July 1737) was the seventh and last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany. His reign was marked by the reversal of his predecessor's conservative policy; he abolished taxes for poorer people, repealed penal laws which restricted Jews and discontinued public executions. Francis Stephen duly succeeded at Gian Gastone's demise, on 9 July 1737, ending almost 300 years of Medici rule over Florence. For the latter part of his reign, Gian Gastone chose to remain confined in his bed, tended by his entourage, the Ruspanti.’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Gastone_de%27_Medici)

Size: 8vo (22,2 x 15,8cm)

Florence: G. Orioli, 1930