Rerum Venetarum ab urbe condita ad annum MDCLXXV. historia […].

Venice, L. Avanzi, 1576

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Folio: [88]-468 [= 458]-[1 bl.-1] pp. (minor marginal worming in 1st ff.).

Contemp. limp vellum, bottom edge titled (almost loose, spine def.). Very good copy.

Second edition (1st 1560) of an extensive history of Venice by Pietro Giustinian (1497-1576). Woodcut mark on title and at the end.
Ref. EDIT16 21381. - Adams J-712.
Prov. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716), Scottish politician and collector (name at head of title; P. Willems, Bibl. Fletcheriana p. 119).