Istorie fiorentine di Scipione Ammirato.on una tavola copiosissima delle cose più notabiliParts I and II. First editions.
In Firenze: Per Amador Massi forliuese, a istanza di Gio. Batista Landini, e suoi eredi su' l canto del Garbo sotto la torre de' Sacchetti, ≈ MDCXLI-MDCXXXXVII [1641-47]. 3 volumes; Part I in 2 vols. Contemporary still vellum Small folio. 21 x 31.6 cm.....
Bookplate of Robert George Dalrymple Laffan (1887-1972), Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge and Life Fellow of Queens' College...[8], 553, [1]; [2], 557-1188, [2 errata]; [8], 563, [37 table and errata]pp. Roman type; text in Italian. With half title in first and third volumes, Medici coat of arms on title pages, portrait of Ammirato in vol. 3, printed marginalia, woodcut head-pieces, ornaments, and decorated initials. Grässe 1/105....
Boards lightly scuffed and stained, with edgewear and corners bumped, mild warping; vol. I and 3 with cracking at joints, vol. II with light cracking starting; bookplate and bookseller sticker on paste-downs, endpapers with light fraying; pages toned with foxing, occasional tear, small stain, or fold; (2) leaves with tape repair in vol. 1; vol. 2 with light damp staining and several gatherings with small wormholes; vol. 3 with damp staining in preliminaries and several additional leaves, staining at tail edge; a very good set....Scipione Ammirato (Italy, 1531-1601) was a Renaissance author and historian. He was prolific, writing many important works discussing literature, the genealogy of important Italian families, politics, and the history of Florence. His Florentine Histories was originally published in two parts, the first just before he died, and the second four decades later in 1641. In 1647, the first part of Histories was reprinted in an expanded version in two volumes (Grässe).
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"Parte prima tomo primo" and "parte prima tomo secondo" (2 volumes, paged and signed continuously) are a second edition from 1647 with additions by Scipione Ammirato il Giovane. The first edition was published as "Dell'istorie fiorentine di Scipione Ammirato" in 1600
"Parte seconda" edited by Scipione Ammirato il Giovane, signed on leaf pi3 verso of volume 2
"Parte prima tomo secondo" has colophon: In Fiorenza : Per Amador Massi da Furlì, ad istanza de gli eredi di Gio. Batista di Santi di Antonio di Simone di Domenico di Piero di Stefano di Piero dell'Alfiere Landino di Nato Landini, 1648
"Parte seconda" has imprint: In Firenze : Nella stamperia nuoua d'Amador Massi e Lorenzo Landi, MDCXLI [1641]
Volume 1 part 1: [8], 553, [3] pages; volume 1 part 2: [2], 557-1188, [2] pages; volume 2: [8], 563, [37] pages
Signatures: volume 1 part 1: pi⁴ A⁴ B-2Z⁶ 3A⁴; volume 1 part 2: 3B-5A⁶ 5B-5K⁴ 5L⁶; volume 2: pi⁴ A-3Z⁴ 4A⁶ 4B-4D⁴ 4E⁶
Last leaf of volume 1 part 1 is blank
Title vignettes (coat of arms of dedicatee, Ferdinando II de Medici); head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginal notes
Engraved author's portrait on leaf pi4 verso of volume 2, signed: Pet. de Iode sculp
Errata on leaf 5L6 recto of volume 1 part 2 and leaf 4E6 verso of volume 2
Includes index at the ends of volume 1 part 2 and volume 2. Item #51-5758
Price: $1,200.00