Isabella D'Este; Marchioness of Mantua 1474-1539 (A Study of the Renaissance)
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1926. Reprint. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. xxiii,392(2). xiii,419pp. Three-quarter leather with gilt lining over marbled boards. Gilt decorated spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Ribbon marker in Vol.I. Two stains to fore page edge on Vol.II. Marbled endpapers. Ex Libris. Tissue-guarded frontispiece of Isabella D'Este in both volumes. "Isabella D'Este, the Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) was one of the dazzling figures of the Italian Renaissance, playing the Renaissance game with an expertise that outflanked Popes and Emperors, using her brains, her charm, and her unswerving purpose to psych her opponents. This is the first of an important Renaissance figure. It is above all as a patron of art and letters that Isabella D'Este will be remembered. In this respect she deserves a place with the most enlightened princes of the Renaissance, with Lorenzo de Medici and Lodovico Sforza. This book provides a thorough examination of D'Este's life, and a detailed account of an intriguing woman of the Italian Renaissance..." (from "Historical biographies"). Illustrated with reproductions of b/w photographs and paintings. Very good condition. vg. Item #13970
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