Marcello Simonetta, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete numberline. Dust jacket has a closed tear at the top of the spine Book has heavy shelfwear to the cap of the spine. The Italian Renaissance is remembered as much for intrigue as it is for art, with papal politics and infighting among Italy's many city-states. The attempted assassination of the Medici brothers in Florence in 1478 is one of the best-known examples of the machinations of the age. While the assailants were the Medici's rivals, the Pazzi family, questions have always lingered about who really orchestrated the attack. Five centuries later, Marcello Simonetta, working in a private archive in Italy, stumbled upon a coded letter written by Federico da Montefeltro, the Duke of Urbino, to Pope Sixtus IV, containing proof of a power grab by the Pope for control of Florence. Montefeltro, long believed a close friend of Lorenzo de Medici, was in fact conspiring with the Pope to unseat the Medici. Their failure changed the course of Italian and papal history. By the Renaissance Society of America Fellowship-winning author of "Napoleon and the Rebel: A Story of Brotherhood, Passion, and Power" and "Federico da Montefeltro and His Library". Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Printing (1st Ed.). Study of who was behind the murderous attack on the Medici brothers in the Duomo in Florence in 1478. Illustrated with B&W photographs. SIGNED & inscribed in Italian by the Author on front endpaper. European History, Signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New York: Doubleday [2008]. FIRST EDITION. First printing. Hardbound. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page (name only). New/New. A pristine unread copy, very fine in all respects. Smoke-free. Shipped in well-padded box. Dust jacket comes with mylar wrapper. This book was purchased new and opened only for author to sign. Signed-fiction. Signed by Author(s).