Natalis Comitis Mythologiae sive Explicationis fabularum libri decem [...] nuper ab ipso autore recogniti et locupletati. Ejusdem libri IIII de venatione [...] Accessit G. Linocerii Musarum mythologia et anonymi observationum in totam de diis gentium narrationem libellus.

8vo: [16]-1123-[162] pp. (toned).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Good copy.

Rare ed. (1st Venice 1568) of this influential mythography by the Italian poet, humanist and historian N. Conti (1520-1582). This work was a standard source for classical mythology in later Renaissance Europe. Woodcut mark on title. Text in Latin and Greek.
Ref. Worldcat. - Not in Goldsmith (BL).
Prov. 17th-19th-c. ownership entries on title and flyleaves. - Underlinings in 1st quire a. - P.P.C. Lammens (bookpl.). - Libr. stamp.