12. Gonzaga (Carlo II, Duke of Mantua, 1629-65) Li Amori di Carlo Duca di Mantova e della Contessa Margherita, manuscript fair copy in Italian, title and 311pp., slightly foxed and browned, patterned endpapers, bookplate of the Earls of Guildford on front pastedown, original vellum, Phillipps Ms. 5707, [Italy, seventeenth century}.
est. £100 – £150
An account of the celebrated affair between the Charles, Duke of Mantua and Margherita della Rovere. A version in English was published in 1669.