1592 HISTORY OF ITALY F. Guicciardini antique 16th century LA HISTORIA D'ITALIA

img{max-width:100%} LA HISTORIA D'ITALIADi M. Francesco GuicciardiniEd. T. Porcacchiby Guicciardini, Francesco Venice, P. Ugolino, 1592Size 6 1/2 by 8 1/2" 2 parts in one volume. (36),(17),488; 112 lvs. 3 woodcut printer's marks (incl. 1 on div. title)Original overlapping vellum with manuscript title to the spineSeveral quires sl. waterstained in upper/ lower margins; occasional browning,  upper endpaper and first few leaves slightly wormholed in inner margin.Text in ItalianRare enlarged edition of Porcacchi's commentary. The Historia d'Italia "is the most successful work of Guicciardini (1483-1540), who, in the footsteps of Machiavelli, reconstructed the historical events of Italy between the death of the Magnificent (1492) and 1534, year of the death of Clement VII. "====================Guicciardini is best known as the author of the Storia d'Italia (History of Italy), which provides a detailed account of politics in the Italian Peninsula between 1490 and 1534. Written during the