Description
Item Description:Author's portrait on verso of 4th prelim. leaf
Bound in contemporary red morocco, gilt pannelled back; gilt borders on sides; in the centre is a large shield bearing six crescents and supported by a lion and fleur-de-lys (the arms of the Medicis'?)
Printer's device also on leaf at end
The first edition, pub. by Agnolo Guicciardini, containing sixteen books only. The last four were pub. by the same editor on 1564
Woodcut initials; Roman letters
Physical Description:4 p. leaves, 665 p., 1 leaf : incl. port. ; 42 x 28 cm