Live veiling - Lot 688

[Italy]

GUICCIARDINI, Francesco

L'histoire d'Italie [...]. Translatée d'italien en françois & presentée à très vertueuse [...] Katherine de Medicis [...] par Hierosme Chomedey [...].

Paris, V. Norment and J. Bruneau, 1568


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Folio: [4]-ccccxiiii [= 414]-[6] ff. (edges of first and last ff. sl. frayed, some draft notes on 1st and last ff., tear in f. of introduction reinforced on verso, sl. toned, some dampstaining throughout).

18th-c. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, blue marbled edges (front flyleaf loosening, tail missing, head sl. damaged, lower front corner missing, upper corners bumped, boards sl. scratched).

Early French translation by Jérôme de Chomedey (1st translation 1567) of "La historia d'Italia" by Guicciardini (1483-1540), the important early history of Italy, presenting a detailed account of politics in the Italian Peninsula between 1490 and 1534. Dedicated to Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589), Queen of France. With a sonnet by Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585). Woodcut title-vignette.
Ref. Cioranescu 6613. - Not in Adams, STC French and Machiels (other ed.).

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Lot 688

L'histoire d'Italie [...]. Translatée d'italien en françois & presentée à très vertueuse [...] Katherine de Medicis [...] par Hierosme Chomedey [...].

GUICCIARDINI, Francesco

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