[Italy. De Medici. Fine provenance] Les anecdotes de Florence,

ou l'Histoire secrete de la maison De Medicis. Antoine de Varillas. The Hague, A. Leers, 1687, 2nd ed., (40),323 p., contemp. calf, front cover with the gilt crowned monogram of Ernst Friedrich von Döring (1659-1726) of Saxony, gilt and ribbed spine, 12mo.

Owner's entry in pen dated 1761 on title p.; old bibliographical annots. in pen on free endpaper; tiny wormhole in text from page 217 onwards and in endpapers and covers. Leather splitting at upper joint and along edges of front cover, spine ends dam. Despite the small defects an attractive copy thanks to the gilt supralibros, also with the bookplate of Bob Luza on inside front cover. Rare second Leers edition (first: 1685), only 1 copy in PiCarta (KB).