1583 DELLA METAMORFOSI CIOE TRASFORMAZIONE DEL VIRTUOSO antique VELLUM rare

img{max-width:100%} DELLA METAMORFOSI CIOE TRASFORMAZIONE DEL VIRTUOSO LIBRI QUATTRO. DI NUOVO RISTAMPATI, ET RICORRETTI CON NUOVE AGGIUNTE. by SELVA, Lorenzo [pseud. of MARCELLINO, Evangelista] Florence; 1583 Size 4 3/4 by 6 3/4" 331-[13] pp. Occasional foxing, some marg. damp stains, minor wormholes to lower margins in 2nd half of the vol. - Rare second edition (1st 1582), and the first printed by the Giunti, of the novel written by the Franciscan Evangelista Marcellino (1530-1593), under the pseudonym of Lorenzo Selva. According to Graesse, the first edition was disavowed by the author because of its many faults and hence the Giunti edition (ours) was preferred. Historiated and ornamental initials; printer's mark on the colophon. - Ref. EDIT16 47788. - Pettas, The Giunti, 598. - Not in Adams, STC Italy. - Provenance: Louis Thompson Rowe (1855-1927), English bibliophile and musician. His collection was sold by Hodgson in 1928 (bookplate)