THREE BOOKS ON ITALY. (1) Pietro Messia. Vite di tutti gl'Imperadori Romani, composte in lingua spagnuola da Pietro Messia, et da M. Lodovico Dolce nuovamente tradotte et ampliate. Venice: Alessandro Grissio, 1578. Octavo. [28], 1-[547] pages. Early full vellum, lightly soiled, corners moderately worn. Lacks frontispiece, title page somewhat soiled, fore-edge frayed, dark smears on blank verso of title page, occasional spotting, minor worming in few margins. (2) Matteo Villani. LA SECONDA PARTE DELLA CRONICA UNIVERSALE DE SUGI TEMPI DI GIOVANNI VILLANI CITTADIN FIORENTINO, Nuovamente Uscita in Luce. Con Privilegio. Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino 1554. Octavo. [16], 1- 353, [13] pages. Old vellum, soiled and spotted, nearly separated from the text block. Small stamp and some soil on title page. (3) DESCRIZIONE DI ROMA ANTICA FORMATA NUOVAMENTE Con le Auttorita, di Bartolomeo Marliani…Rome: Nella Libraria, de Fratelli de Rossi, 1727. Small Octavo. Modern cloth & marbled boards, edges worn, gutter nearly broken near end of text. Incomplete, includes engraved title, title pages of Volumes 1 & 2 (Volume 2 title misbound at beginning), occasional spotting. Pages: [2], engraved title, [6], 1-304 (text ends here and no text for Volume 2). Illustrated with 6 folding views (one has partial split in fold), 80 nearly full-page text woodcuts largely of buildings, and 35 small medallion bust portraits.
