GIOVIO, Paolo (1483-1552) - Le vite dei dodici Visconti che signoreggiarono Milano. Milan: Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1645. Edition translated by Lodovico Domenichi of this illustrated historical biography by Paolo Giovio ofn the Visconti, which also contains “gl’Argomenti a ciascuna d’esse vite, con le annotazioni nel margine, & Tavola copiosissima". 4to (267 x 207mm). Engraved frontispiece with the Visconti coat of arms and engraved portrait of Mons.Honorato Visconti, dedicatee of the work, engraved by Bianchi on the verso of the title, 13 full-page engraved portraits (the last repeated twice), initials, woodcut headpieces and tailpieces (small wormtracks on the lower margin of a few leaves). Contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine, marbled edges; preserved in a modern decorated paper box.

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