Alcyonius, Petrus [Pietro Alcioni] (1487-1527) Medices Legaturs de Exsilio.
[Venice: In Aedibus Aldi et Andreae Asulani, 1522.]
First edition, octavo, Aldine device on title and verso of last leaf, text printed in italic type, single column throughout, the two blank leaves present in this copy; contemporary neat inked marginal annotations imperfectly washed, still legible, a large copy, with some foxing, bound in modern half parchment, ex libris Albert A. Howard with his book label with initials pasted inside the back board 7 3/4 x 5 in.
Alcyonius's text is an inventive theoretical dialogue on the subject of exile set between 1494 and 1512, and conducted by Giovanni and Giulio de' Medici (both of whom later served as Pope.) During the period in question, the two had been exiled from Florence.
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