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Lami, Giovanni (1697-1770)2
Bozio, Tommaso (1548-1610)1
Fauno, Lucio1
Giovio, Paolo (1483-1552)1
Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-15271
Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678)1
Morland, Sir Samuel (1625-1695)1
Pittoni, Battista (1520-1584?)1
Porro, Girolamo (1520-1604?)1
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The historye of Italye : a booke exceding profitable to be red: because it intreateth of the astate of many and dyuers common weales, how they have bene, and now be governed

Thomas, William (1554)

1561

Dedication signed: Wylliam Thomas. Colophon dated 1561. Leaves [4] (not present in this copy) and [76] are blank. Sig. A is found in two settings: leaf 1v has catchword "enough" or "enoughe". ...

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De antiquitatibus urbis Romae : ab antiquis novisq[ue] auctoribus exceptis, & summa brevitate ordineq[ue] dispositis

Fauno, Lucio; Roaldès, François (1519-1589); Vinet, Élie (1509-1587)

1549

Imprint from colophon. Included at the end is a 32 page treatise by Élie Vinet on deciphering Roman inscriptions which was possibly edited by François Roaldès.

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De Italiae statu, antiquo et nouo, libri quatuor, aduersus Machiavellum

Bozio, Tommaso (1548-1610)

1595

Originally published under title: De antiquo et nouo Italiae statu libri quatuor. Aduersus Macchiauellum. Romae : Apud G. Facciottum, 1595. Errors in pagination: 125 as 145, 261 as 461, 266 as 466. ...

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The lives of the twelve caesars, the first emperors of Rome

Suetonius (69-122); Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678)

1688

Pages 187, 190 incorrectly numbered 117, 192, repectively. Title within double line border. Marginal notes. First edition by this printer and with this title. With an additional title-page, diff...

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Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma

Scamozzi, Vincenzo (1548-1616); Ziletti, Francesco; Pittoni, Battista (1520-1584?); Porro, Girolamo (1520-1604?)

1583

Plates have descriptive text on verso. Second issue of what has been considered the first edition, issued by Ziletti in 1582. However, Adams (Cambridge cat., vol. 2, S601) records a 1581 Ziletti edi...

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M. Antonii Sabellici, Historiae rerum Venetarum ab urbe condita, libri XXXIII : eiusdem in singulos libros epitomæ : additus in fine est index rerum memorabilium copiosus

Sabellico (1436?-1506)

1556

Printer's name from colophon; printer's mark on t.p. and verso of last leaf. The 33 libri are divided into 3 sections, each consisting of libri I-X, plus 1 section with libri I-III. Includes index...

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Pauli Jovii Novocomensis Episcopi Nucerini illustrium virorum vitae : Quibus nunc accesserunt Turcarum imperatorum vitae, eodem autore, ex Italico in Latinum conversae, cum gemino indice (v.1)

Giovio, Paolo (1483-1552)

1567

Colophon of v. 1: Basileae, per Henricum Petri et Petrum Pernam, M. D. LXVII. v. 2. Basileae, Sumptibus Henrici Petri, & Petri Pernae Typographorum. Historiated initials. Imprint from the colophon...

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