Italy.- Guicciardini (Francesco) The Historie of
Italy.- Guicciardini (Francesco) The Historie of Guicciardin: Containing the Warres of Italie and other Partes, translated by Geffray Fenton, second edition in English, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and headpieces, lacking initial and final blanks, L3 lower corner restored, just touching text, worming to lower margin, the odd patch of marginal staining or soiling, occasional light browning, title with light browning and staining and a few ink inscriptions, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, spine labels renewed, [Pforzheimer 442; STC 12459], folio, by Richard Field, 1599.
⁂ One of the most detailed of the 16th century Italian histories.
Provenance: John Holgate, 1668 (ink inscription); Leo. S. Olschki, Firenze (bookplate).
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Italy.- Guicciardini (Francesco) The Historie of Guicciardin: Containing the Warres of Italie and other Partes, translated by Geffray Fenton, second edition in English, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and headpieces, lacking initial and final blanks, L3 lower corner restored, just touching text, worming to lower margin, the odd patch of marginal staining or soiling, occasional light browning, title with light browning and staining and a few ink inscriptions, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, spine labels renewed, [Pforzheimer 442; STC 12459], folio, by Richard Field, 1599.
⁂ One of the most detailed of the 16th century Italian histories.
Provenance: John Holgate, 1668 (ink inscription); Leo. S. Olschki, Firenze (bookplate).
