POSSEVINO Giovanni Battista Dialogo dell' honore. Venice, G. Giolito de'Ferrari, 1553
4to: three-quarter-page device on title-page and another version at end. Contemporary limp vellum, gilt edges: small splits to spine and light waterstain in part of both covers, an exceptionally nice copy in its first binding from the Fugger Library.
First edition of this work posthumously published through the efforts of the writer's more famous brother Antonio. It quickly gained popularity and was reprinted many times both by Giolito & other publishers during the remainder of the century. Bongi I, pp 383-4.
£1100
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