Descritione della pompa fvnerale fatta nelle esseqvie del sermo. sig. Cosimo de' Medici, gran duca di Toscana

Woodcut decorations: t.p. border with Medici arms and view of Florence, port. of Cosimo above Sonetto on t.p. verso, initials, head and tail pieces, printers' device at colophon The first of 2 issues of 1574; see Mortimer Signatures: A-E Errata E4v Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent. BM STC Italian, 1465-1600 Library's copy bound with: Pietro Angelio's Laudatio ad funebrem concionem quae Pises habita est in exequiis Cosmi Medicis, in Latin and in Italian -- G.B. Adriani's Oratio habita in funere Cosmi Medicis, in Latin and in Italian -- L. Ginius' In funere serenissimi Cosmi Medicis laudatio ad senenses. All were published: Florence : Giunta, 1574. Ginius' work is followed by 20 p. of poems on Cosimo's death (signed A-B C²). They begin with Maggio Bazzanti's In obitum Cosmi Medices magni hetruriae ducis carmen. Mortimer suggests that they may were printed by Giunta in 1574 to accompany the Descritione, the 1st item in Library's vol Binding: limp vellum. Title written on spine (faded) Property stamp in purple ink on t.p. of Cesare Tubino, with his signature at head. "Indice" of contents of vol. written on back free endpaper recto, with another listing in pencil on back pastedown 40 unnumbered pages : 22 cm (4to) Signatures: A-E⁴