Puteano Ericio. - Historiae Cisalpinae. Folio. - 1629

Puteano Ericio. Cisalpine History. Two Books. Milan, Gio. Battista Bidelli, 1629. A celebrated seventeenth‑century edition of the important historical work by the Flemish scholar and humanist on the affairs of Cisalpine Gaul. The work deals with the military exploits, in some cases bordering on banditry, of Gian Giacomo de’Medici, called the Medeghino, a condottiero and famous adventurer, with the battles on Lake Como, known as the Wars of Musso, for the control of the Valtellina. Binding in rustic period cardboard. A large vignette with a military subject engraved on the frontispiece. Dimensions 36 x 23, 82 pages. Excellent condition