16th century marriage of a Habsburg princess to a Medici prince

(Sansovino, Francesco). Principi di casa d'Austria progenitori della serenissima principessa di Fiorenza et di Siena.

€ 600.00

Only edition of this Festschrift (dated 30th December 1565 at rear) for the Emperor's daughter, Johanna von Österreich (1547-78), who had married Francesco I de' Medici exactly two weeks previously. The scholar Francesco Sansovino (1521-83) celebrated the Renaissance princess and Grand Duchess of Tuscany by enumerating her worthy ancestral lineage, which he traced back to the Frankish King Childebert.

Rare; only 4 copies located in Italy by Edit 16.