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Piccolomini (Pius II); trans. Florence A. Gragg, ed. Leona C. Gabel.
Secret Memoirs of a Renaissance Pope: The Commentaries of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, Pius II; an abridgment.

Published London: Folio Society, 1988 (translation previously issued 1959).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; slip case, issued without dustjacket; leather title plate on spine.
Size: 169x238x43mm.
Page count: 373pp plus 10 monochrome plates.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: the leather plate on the spine is starting to peel at its edges, a few spots of foxing on the page edges.


This item £15.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 929g.

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