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Alla nobil vecchiezza fiorentina disfida al calcio della gioventu . Florence: Gio. Gugliantini, 1678. Broadsheet (317 x 355mm). Woodcut opening initial and interlace border. (Some soiling and wear along folds, repairs to verso, part of left hand border cut away.) Folding into modern wrappers. A challenge to the elders of Florence to play football with the younger men. Il valor della vecchiezza trionfante nel calcio alle bellissime dame di Firenze . Florence: alla Condotta, 1678. Broadsheet (280 x 360mm). Woodcut opening initial and interlace border. (Some holing at folds and repairs to verso, old stains.) Folding into recent morocco-backed marbled boards, spine titled and dated in gilt. Provenance : Pietro Gintori Conti (bookplate). Poem in six cantos in celebration of a football victory by the older nobility over the youth of Florence. (2)