Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino

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 and Second Duke of Urbino Book Third: Of Guidobaldo di Montefeltro, Third Duke of Urbino Book Fourth: Of Literature and Art Under the Dukes di Montefeltro at Urbino Book Fifth: Of the Della Rovere Family Book Sixth: Of Francesco Maria Della Rovere, Fourth Duke of Urbino Book Seventh: Of Guidobaldo Della Rovere, Fifth Duke of Urbino Book Eighth: Of Francesco Maria II Della Rovere, Sixth and Last Duke of Urbino Book Ninth: Of Literature and Art Under the Dukes Della Rovere at Urbino