Description

An elegant 1840 antique French edition of Histoire des Républiques Italiennes du Moyen Âge (History of the Italian Republics of the Middle Ages), authored by the acclaimed historian J.C.L. Simonde de Sismondi. This is Tome Septième (Volume VII) of the renowned multi-volume set, published in Paris by Furne et Cie and Treuttel et Würtz.

This Nouvelle Édition is finely bound in half leather with marbled boards, featuring gilt floral decorations and raised bands along the spine—a true representation of 19th-century continental craftsmanship. The volume provides a detailed narrative of the development and decline of medieval Italian city-states, touching upon themes of governance, warfare, economy, and diplomacy.

Sismondi’s historical scholarship remains highly regarded, and this volume is a valuable addition to any collection of European political history or antique French literature.