Cento favole morali..

by Giovanni Mario Verdizotti

$12,500 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1577. 4to, 4 , 301, 8, index pp. Architectural woodcut title border with Ziletti's device, woodcut of an astrologer and 100 woodcut illustrations by Verdizotti. Early Italian polished calf, central blindstamp probably just decorative, gilt supralibros on upper cover of crossed keys Papal? . A little worn and scuffed, joints repaired, but a very respectable copy of a rare and very important book. § Second Ziletti edition third

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