RICCIO Michel, Michaelis Ritii Neapolitani De Regibus Francoru(m) lib. III.

Michaelis Ritii Neapolitani De Regibus Francoru(m) lib. III.

De regibus Hispaniae lib. III. De regibus Hierosolymorum lib I. De regbus eapolis & Siciliae lib. IIIIII. De regibus Ungariae lib II. Basileam 1517. apud Ioannem Frobenium. (21 x 15.5 cm), pp. 85, [5], frontispiece in copperplate, decorative initials, period perg. binding.
(Estr. does not note). Very rare collected edition of five works devoted to the various royal dynasties that ruled the Kingdom of Naples, viz: France, Spain, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily, and Hungary. First published in 1505 and 1506; includes references to Poland. Michel Riccio (1445-1515) - Italian lawyer, historian and government official. As a historian, he wrote many works on the Italian wars and the dynastic rulers of the Kingdom of Naples. The offered edition was the author's first posthumous edition; it was modeled on "De Regibus Christianis" published in 1507 in Paris. Kingdom of Naples - the informal name of the state that existed between 1282 and 1816 in the area of present-day southern Italy. In places non. traces of woodworm, title page with taped losses and tears, rust spots on pages.