Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVIII 29 Sep 2019
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Giorgio Viani, Memorie Della Famiglia Cybo E Delle Monete Di Massa Di Lunigiana (Pisa, with prints by Ranieri Prosperi, 1808). 29.3cm x 22.1cm x 2.6cm.
First edition 1808 (rebound in hardcover at unknown date). Otherwise in excellent condition with complete plates.
Dedicated to Elisa Bonaparte, Princess of Lucca and Piombino and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Stamped by the Labronica Academy, established by Giuseppe Vivoli in 1816. In 1840 the library had 7000 volumes and was opened to the public three years later. In 1852, it was donated to the Municipality of Livorno and enlarged.
The Cybo family were an eminent aristocratic family from Genoa, included among its lineage were Pope Boniface IX and Pope Innocent VIII. The heiress of the duchy of Massa, Ricciarda, married Lorenzo Cybo in 1520 and began the Cybo-Malaspina dynasty. From 1559 Ferdinand I granted the Cybo-Malaspina family the right to mint coins and in 1568 the son of the union of Lorenzo and Ricciarda, Alberico I, was honored with the title of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, a title which also extended to his descendants.
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be shipped separately to any coins won by the same bidder, and will incur an extra shipping fee to be determined dependent on the purchaser's location.
First edition 1808 (rebound in hardcover at unknown date). Otherwise in excellent condition with complete plates.
Dedicated to Elisa Bonaparte, Princess of Lucca and Piombino and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Stamped by the Labronica Academy, established by Giuseppe Vivoli in 1816. In 1840 the library had 7000 volumes and was opened to the public three years later. In 1852, it was donated to the Municipality of Livorno and enlarged.
The Cybo family were an eminent aristocratic family from Genoa, included among its lineage were Pope Boniface IX and Pope Innocent VIII. The heiress of the duchy of Massa, Ricciarda, married Lorenzo Cybo in 1520 and began the Cybo-Malaspina dynasty. From 1559 Ferdinand I granted the Cybo-Malaspina family the right to mint coins and in 1568 the son of the union of Lorenzo and Ricciarda, Alberico I, was honored with the title of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, a title which also extended to his descendants.
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be shipped separately to any coins won by the same bidder, and will incur an extra shipping fee to be determined dependent on the purchaser's location.