PLATINA, Bartolomeo Sacchi (1421-1481) - Hystoria de vitis pontificum periucundae diligenter recognita. Paris: François Regnault, 1505. Contemporary binding of the fifth edition of this collection of short biographies of the Popes up to Pius III which appeared for the first time in 1479, reprinted here with the "Dialogo de falso et vero bono e altri scritti dell'autore". 2 parts in one volume, 8vo (164 x 110mm). Title with large woodcut vignette, woodcut initials (without blanks 2v7-2v8, occasional light spotting and staining). Fine contemporary calf decorated in blind and gilt, decorated spine with manuscript title, gilt and decorated edges (rebacked preserving part of the original spine, modern endpapers, weak joints, other small restorations); preserved in a modern decorated paper box.


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