Florence 1138-1737 by Brucker, Gene Adam

Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1983. 30.0 x 24.0cms, 278pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper This book begins with the first mention of 'consuls' and ends with the fall of the Medici family. The chapters are: the uniqueness of Florence's historical experince; the great families; the economy; a school for self-government; the formation of the Florentine dominion; a civic culture; Florence under the principato; chronology, illustrious families, the Medici family tree.