1600 BARTOLOMEO PLATINA LIVES of POPES antique 16th CENTURY ILLUSTRATED

img{max-width:100%} Platina BartolomeoHistoria delle vite de i Sommi Pontefici, dal Saluator Nostro sino a Clemente VIII. In Venetia: appresso Isabetta di Bernardo Basa, 1600. (At colophon:)In Venetia: appresso Daniel Zanetti : ad istantia d'Isabetta di Bernardo Basa, 1600; Size 7 by 9.5" ILLUSTRATED3/4 vellum binding with manuscript title on the spine, marbled covers. Very good condition except some faded dampstain at the outer margin of the tile pageText in Italian==================================Bartolomeo Sacchi (1421 – 1481), known as Platina was an Italian Renaissance humanist writer and gastronomist.Platina started his career as a soldier employed by condottieri, before gaining long-term patronage from the Gonzagas, including the young cardinal Francesco, for whom he wrote a family history. He studied under the Byzantine humanist philosopher John Argyropulos in Florence, where he frequented other fellow humanists, as well as members of the ruling Medici family.Around 1462 he m