Della metamorfosi cioè trasformazione del virtuoso libri quattro. Di nuovo ristampati, et ricorretti con nuove aggiunte.

8vo: 331-[13] pp. (foxing, some marg. damp stains, sm. marg. wormtrack and wormholes to lower margins in 2nd half of the vol.).

19th-c. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, red sprinkled edges (sm. wormtracks, staining and one scratch to lower cover).

Rare second edition (1st 1582), and the first printed by the Giunti, of the novel written by the Franciscan Evangelista Marcellino (1530-1593), under the pseudonym of Lorenzo Selva. According to Graesse, the first edition was disavowed by the author because of its many faults and hence the Giunti edition (ours) was preferred. Historiated and ornamental initials; printer's mark on verso of last leaf.
Ref. EDIT16 47788. - Pettas, The Giunti, 598. - Not in Adams, STC Italy.
Prov. Louis Thompson Rowe (1855-1927), English bibliophile and musician. His collection was sold by Hodgson in 1928 (bookpl.).