1589 HISTORY of ITALY by NATALE CONTI 2 VOLS antique VELLUM BOUND 16th CENTURY

Conti (Natale)

Delle historie de' suoi tempi

2 volumes

Venice, Damian Zenaro; 1589


woodcut printer's device to title,

woodcut initials and head-pieces,
some light browning and foxing,

original vellum over wooden boards
double morocco spine labels but lower lacking

Front cover of the Vol.I detached.  Very good interior, minor foxing

[EDIT16 CNCE13170]

First edition in Italian of this history of Italy, particularly renowned for its description of the Venetian area.

Size 7  by 9 1/4 inches

Text in Italian

Ex-library
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Natale Conti or Latin Natalis Comes, also Natalis de Comitibus and French Noel le Comte (1520 – 1582), was an Italian mythographer, poet, humanist and historian.
Conti, whose family (according to his own statement) originated in Rome, was born in Milan.
He described himself as "Venetian" because his working life was spent in Venice.
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