Treasures of Florence : the Medici collection 1400-1700 / Edited by Cristina Acidini Luchinat

The treasures of the Medici : from objects of wonder to the organization of knowledge / Cristina Acidini Luchinat -- The formation of the fifteenth-century collection, its dispersion and the return to Florence of the Medici treasures / Mario Scalini -- The Medici collections at the time of Cosimo I and Francesco I / Anna Maria Massinelli -- The Medici collection of gems during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / Mariarita Casarosa Guadagni -- The Medici collection of gems from the seventeenth century until the end of the dynasty (1743) / Mariarita Casarosa Guadagni -- The symbols of power : dukes and grand dukes / Maria Sframeli -- The grand ducal workshops at the time of Ferdinando I and Cosimo II / Annamaria Giusti -- Curios and exotica in the Medici collections / Mario Scalini -- Private treasures at the time of Ferdinando II / Mario Scalini -- Golden twilight : the reign of Cosimo III / Annamaria Giusti -- The gems of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Electress Palatine / Maria Sframeli.

Translated from German to English