The Life of Pope Leo X in Four Books

PAOLO GIOVIO
OF COMO
BISHOP OF NOCERA
ON THE LIFE OF LEO THE
TENTH, POPE.
FOUR BOOKS.

To these have been added in chronological order

The lives of Pope Hadrian VI and Cardinal Pompeo Colonna, written by the same Paolo Giovio.

The Medici coat of arms, featuring five spheres (palle) arranged in a shield, surmounted by a papal tiara and keys, surrounded by ornate acanthus leaf scrollwork.

From the workshop of Lorenzo Torrentino, DUCAL printer.

With the privilege of the Supreme Pontiff, Emperor Charles V, King Henry II of France, and Cosimo de' Medici, Second Duke of Florence.