Villani (Matteo). Istorie. Che continua quelle di GIovanni suo Fratello. Con l'aggiunta di Filoppo suo Figliuolo, che arrivan sino all'anno 1364. Nuovamente ricorrette, re ristampate, 2 parts in 1 volume, Florence: Stamperia de'Giunti, 1581 [part 2: 1577], lacking leaf 2*8 (blank except for woodcut devices recto and verso), duplicate colophon leaf bound it at front (frayed), title-page browned and slightly softening at edges, ownership inscription of William Musgrave to title-page verso, together with his customary ink-stamped signature and monogram in red, 18th-century vellum, soiled, front joint worn, 4to (21 x 14 cm), together with: Ariosto (Lodovico), Bellezze del Furioso, scielte da Oratio Toscanella, 1st edition Venice: Pietro de i Franceschi, and sons, 1574, woodcut vignette to head of each canto, browning, water-staining, throughout, contemporary limp vellum, spine partly defective, 4to (19.8 x 14.5 cm) (Qty: 2) Provenance: Villani: Sir William Musgrave, 6th Baronet (1735-1800), administrator, collector and antiquary. Both works: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Adams V796, A1684.
Villani (Matteo). Istorie. Che continua quelle di GIovanni suo Fratello. Con l'aggiunta di Filoppo suo Figliuolo, che arrivan sino all'anno 1364. Nuovamente ricorrette, re ristampate, 2 parts in 1 volume, Florence: Stamperia de'Giunti, 1581 [part 2: 1577], lacking leaf 2*8 (blank except for woodcut devices recto and verso), duplicate colophon leaf bound it at front (frayed), title-page browned and slightly softening at edges, ownership inscription of William Musgrave to title-page verso, together with his customary ink-stamped signature and monogram in red, 18th-century vellum, soiled, front joint worn, 4to (21 x 14 cm), together with: Ariosto (Lodovico), Bellezze del Furioso, scielte da Oratio Toscanella, 1st edition Venice: Pietro de i Franceschi, and sons, 1574, woodcut vignette to head of each canto, browning, water-staining, throughout, contemporary limp vellum, spine partly defective, 4to (19.8 x 14.5 cm) (Qty: 2) Provenance: Villani: Sir William Musgrave, 6th Baronet (1735-1800), administrator, collector and antiquary. Both works: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Adams V796, A1684.
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