First edition. First printing. Bianca Capello (1548 – 1587) was a Venetian noblewoman, renowned for her beauty and intelligence, whose court intrigues were the scandal of her time. Against the will of her family, Bianca ran off and married a young Florentine named Pietro Buonaventuri. She soon became the mistress of Francesco I de’ Medici, at first secretly and then openly after the murder of her husband (1569). She succeeded in marrying Francesco (1578) using a bizarre plot in which she feigned pregnancy and presented him the baby of a common woman as her son. Read this book to learn more details about the life of this fascinating woman.
Title: Bianca Cappello
Author: Mary G. Steegmann
Publisher: London Constable and Company
Publication Date: 1913
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover, wine-red original binding with bronzy-gold embossed spine title, blind embossing on cover
Language: English
Illustrated: 14 plates
Condition: Please see the images
Printing: First printing
Pages: 293
Size: 8 3/4 x 6 x 1 3/4 inches (22 x 15 x 2 cm.)
Interests: Biography, Medici, Venice, Women's Studies, Italian History, Florence Italy
