1643 BARTOLOMEO PLATINA LIVES of POPES antique 17th CENTURY ILLUSTRATED

img{max-width:100%} Platina BartolomeoDelle vite de' pontefici dal Saluator nostro sino a Paolo II. In Venetia: appresso il Barezzi, 1643Size 6 1/2 by 8 3/4" ILLUSTRATEDFull vellum binding with manuscript title on the spineVery good conditionText 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 moved with Francesco Gonzaga to Rome, where he purchased a post as a papal writer under the humanist Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini) and became a member of the Platonism-influenced Roman Academy founded by Julius