Italy.- Venice.- Sabellicus (Marcus Antonius Coccius) Le Historie Vinitiane, first edition in Italian, woodcut printer's device to title and final f. verso, guide-spaces for initials, title a little browned and foxed with a small hole to blank portion, some light and generally marginal foxing and browning thereafter, contemporary vellum, upper joint torn at head, [Adams S17; EDIT16 CNCE 31543], Venice, Curtio Troiano di Navò, 1544 § Paruta (Paolo) Historia Vinetiana, 2 parts in 1, general title with engraved portrait vignette and divisional with ornamental device, damp-staining to general title and elsewhere occasionally, some light and generally marginal foxing and spotting, contemporary vellum, Venice, heirs of Tomaso Giunti, 1645
⁂ A classic work on the history of Venice be renowned Venetian historian Sabellico (1436-1506), starting from the foundation of Venice and reaching up to 1484. Originally printed in Latin in 1487.
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