Carrer, Luigi. Anello di sette gemme, o Venezia e la sua storia : considerazioni e fantasie. Venezia co’ tipi del Gondoliere, 1838
A chronology of the main events in the life of Bianca Cappello, Venetian noblewoman, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Daughter of the Republic.
In 1563, a young Venetian noblewoman eloped with her lover, never to come back to Venice again. She went on to have an eventful, and highly unusual life, in Florence.