Dennistoun James

Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino in three volumes presents a history of the houses of Montefeltro and Della Rovere, of their famous and most brilliant Court, and of that part of Italy over which they held dominion. It deals not only with history and politics of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy, but it also illustrates «the arms, arts, and literature of Italy from 1440 to 1630.» Contents: Book First: Of Urbino and Its Early Accounts Book Second: Of Federigo di Montefeltro, Count...