Pierre-Gauthiez — Vie de Bianca Cappello

Paris, Jules Tallandier, 1928. Leather. A fascinating biography on the life of the Italian noblewoman Bianna Cappello. In French.A 1928 edition of Pierre-Guathiez's 1862 biography of Bianca Cappello, a sixteenth-century Italian noblewoman.Bianca Coppello was the mistress, and afterward second wife, of Francesco L de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who later made her his consort.The edition is illustrated throughout, including photographs. Features a frontispiece portrait of Cappello. In a half-calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, with slight rubbing and wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some odd spots. A little edgewear to some pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .