In his remarkable account of the last Medici, famous aesthete and historian Harold Acton (1904-1994) takes up the causes which led to the disappearance of a house which has left indelible traces on the art, literature and commerce of the world; and his book was one of the first attempts to deal with this despotic dynasty in a scholarly and impartial spirit. Much has been written about the phenomenal career of the early Medici: and there are many biographies of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo I, and the Medicean Popes. But ...
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In his remarkable account of the last Medici, famous aesthete and historian Harold Acton (1904-1994) takes up the causes which led to the disappearance of a house which has left indelible traces on the art, literature and commerce of the world; and his book was one of the first attempts to deal with this despotic dynasty in a scholarly and impartial spirit. Much has been written about the phenomenal career of the early Medici: and there are many biographies of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo I, and the Medicean Popes. But less has been written of the final phase, and Acton demonstrates the hand of death overshadowing the great family in a series of unfortunate marriages - how one by one they vanished into the void. The Last Medici centres mainly round the fantastic figures of Princess Marguerite-Louise d'Orl???ans and her husband Cosimo III, most fatal of all the Medicean sovereigns. The last act closes on Gian Gastone, their cynical younger son, bedridden in the Pitti Palace, a florid figure of despair, with the Powers of Europe ever on the alert for the sound of his death-rattle. Full of brilliant colour, rich comedy and lurid tragedy, The Last Medici is at the same time a scientific contribution to the records of an extraordinary and unforgettable period.
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116 Photographs. Very Good+ in Very Good+ (in mylar) jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minimal moisture staining along fore-edge of pages 264-end, else clean and tight textblock. Brown cloth binding, moderate bump to front bottom corner, light bumping to head and foot of spine. Price-clipped dust jacket, light rippling to head and foot of spine, lightly worn corners, mylar sleeved. 327pp., including bibliography and index.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. 327 p. Audience: General/trade. 1980 edition with DJ as pictured. Book is LIKE NEW. No marks or writing. DJ shows light wear for age
