La Verdadera Quietud y Tranquilidad del Alma, Obra Utilisima compuesta por La M. Il_tre Dona Isabel de Sforcia, Traducidda de Lengua Toscana en Castellana por el Capitan Juan Diaz de Cardenas, estando cautivo en Argol ano de mil quinientos y sesenta
Valencia: Oficina de Salvador Fauli, 1792. Hardcover. Published 1792; from what we can tell, its first Spanish language publication after it was originally published in 1568. Small 8vo, vellum, xxviii, 131 pp, a particularly choice copy with just a tiny nick to top edge of front cover, owner's name on flyleaf. No copies in OCLC of this edition, and only a few of the original 1568 edition. Isabella of Aragon (1501-1563) born in Naples, became the Duchess of Milan through marriage to Sforza, and also was awarded the Duchy of Bari. She was a celebrated beauty, extolled by the poets, and for a while was thought to be the inspiration of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, until the painting was officially dated in the 1490s, making that impossible. Near Fine. Item #H3036
Price: $300.00