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HISTORIARUM SUI TEMPORIS Tomus Primus. Accessit rerum Turcicarum Commentarius eiusdem ex Italico Latinus factus.
by Giovio, Paolo, Bishop of Noceira (1483-1552)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
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About This Item
Basel: P. Perna for H. Petri (acc. To Adams but not named here)., 1560. Hardcover. Very Good. Some historiated woodcut initials. . Volume I (of II) Octavo (165x110mm) contemporary blind-stamped vellum. 8 leaves (TP, intro letter by Andrea Alciati, Preface) +821pp (1st 18 Books of the History), Latin text. Faint water-stains in margins of 1st 40pp with some spotting, else clean and crisp throughout. Referenced by Adams G 655 (1st vof 2 Petri editions), VD 16 G 2072. *Rare early edition (ten years after first) of celebrated chronicle by this Florentine physician, with eyewitness accounts of battles in Italian/Turkish wars, and events in France, England and elsewhere. A notable primary source for the history of that period.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V48000
- Title
- HISTORIARUM SUI TEMPORIS Tomus Primus. Accessit rerum Turcicarum Commentarius eiusdem ex Italico Latinus factus.
- Author
- Giovio, Paolo, Bishop of Noceira (1483-1552)
- Illustrator
- Some historiated woodcut initials.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- P. Perna for H. Petri (acc. To Adams but not named here).
- Place of Publication
- Basel
- Date Published
- 1560
- Keywords
- Latin history Italian wars France England Turkey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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