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LA PRIMA & LA SECONDA PARTE DELLEH I S T O I R EVNIVERSALI DE SVOI TEMPIDi Giouan Villani CittadinoF I O R E N T I N O,Nuouamente riftampata con Tauole neceffarie e Poftille in margine delle cofe notabili, fatte perM. REGIO FIORENTINO.IN VENETIAAd inftantia de Giunti di Fiorenza.M D LIX [1559] ~ FIRST COMPLETE EDITION ~ Recently rebound in a plain and frankly unattractive but serviceable binding. A small quarto volume, it measures approximately 22cm (8½") x 15cm (6") x 5cm (2"). Pagination pp. [34], 588; [12], 232, [8]. VILLANI, Giovanni, Giovanni Villani (1280 ca. - 1348), Italian official, diplomat, and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica, or Historie Universale, on the history of Florence. Villani was inspired to write his Cronica after attending the jubilee celebration in Rome in 1300 and noting the venerable history of that city. He outlined the events in his Cronica year for year, following a strictly linear narrative format. He provided intricate details on many important historical events, such as construction projects, floods, fires, famines, and plagues of the city of Florence and the wider region of Tuscany. While continuing work on the Cronica and detailing the enormous loss of life during the Black Death in 1348, Villani died of the very same illness. His work on the Cronica was continued by his brother and nephew. It was in 1300 or shortly after, that Villani began working on the Cronica, which was divided into twelve books; the first six deal with the largely legendary history of Florence, starting at conventionally Biblical times with the story of the Tower of Babel up to the year 1264. The second phase, in six books, covered the history from 1264 until his own time, all the way up to 1346. He outlined the events in his Cronica in year to year accounts. Villani often displayed an insider's knowledge on many subjects, as a result of his extensive travels and access to both official and private documents. For example, De Vries states that he wrote one of the most accurate accounts of the Battle of Crecy during the Hundred Years' War, including information that the archers were placed precariously behind the English and Welsh infantry, not on the flanks as others asserted. While describing detailed events unfolding within the city, Villani would name every individual street, square, bridge, family, and person involved, assuming his readers would have the same intimate knowledge of Florence as he did. Villani is perhaps unequalled for the value of the statistical data he has preserved. Historian J.K. Hyde states that the Nuova Cronica of Villani is representative of the strong vernacular tradition in Florence, appealing to the people of the time as a narrative that was "easy to read, full of human interest and occasionally spiced with novella-type anecdotes." Hyde also notes that Villani's criticisms of the commune politics in Florence promoted a trend of personal expression amongst later chroniclers that defied official conformity. The Cronica is also an incredibly rich historical record; its greatest value to modern historians is its descriptions of the people, data, and events experienced by Villani during his lifetime. In regards to his own time, he provides modern historians with valuable details on Florentine social and living habits, such as the growing trend and craze of wealthy Florentines in building large country homes far outside of the city. However, the early 20th century historian Philip Wicksteed stated of Villani, "When dealing with his own times, and with events immediately connected with Florence, he is a trustworthy witness, but minute accuracy is never his strong point; and in dealing with distant times and places he is hopelessly unreliable." Villani's written work on Dante Alighieri and the age in which he lived has provided insight into Dante's work, reasoning, and psyche. Modern reprintings of Villani's work provided material for a resurgence in the study of Dante, and Villani's work continues to provide a valuable insight into the history of Italy. And the historian Mark Phillips states that all subsequent Florentine accounts of the tyrannical regime of Walter VI of Brienn--including those by Leonardo Bruni and Niccolo Machiavell--were based upon the primary source of Villani's Cronica. The FIRST COMPLETE EDITION 1559 of this valuable work ~ the bidding starts at $1 and there is NO RESERVE
