123 - The Horrendous Wars of Italy. All the Wars of Italy … reprinted and revised with the utmost care in octave rhyme. Milan, Meda, 1565. An extremely rare 16th-century historical poem

The Horrendous Wars of Italy. All the Wars of Italy … reprinted and revised with the utmost care in octave rhyme. Milan, Meda, 1565. An extremely rare 16th-century historical poem The Horrendous Wars of Italy. All the Wars of Italy … reprinted and revised with the utmost care in octave rhyme. Milan, Meda, 1565. Quarto (210 x 145 mm); [56] leaves. Large woodcut vignette on the title page; several small woodcut plates in the text (restorations resulting in the loss of part of the engraving on the first and last leaves). Modern binding in stiff parchment, 5-rib spine with handwritten title. Ex libris of Luigi Viganò. Composed in octave rhyme, the poem recounts the Italian Wars from 1494 to 1530 with a predominantly chronicle-like intent, interweaving the account of events with an often grim and catastrophic depiction of the invasions. This edition belongs to a series of sixteenth-century reprints that attest to its widespread circulation and remarkable success among the contemporary public. Extremely rare historical poem from the sixteenth century