Historie De Costantinopoli . Tradotte Da M. Lodovico Dolce; Et Riscontrate Co'testi Greci, & Migliorate Da M. Agostino Ferentilli . Gregoras, Nicephorus Classics

(xxiv) + 302 + (2)pp, woodcut devices on first and last pages, numerous historiated woodcut initials, woodcut ornaments, finely printed in italics throughout, in fine condition, bound in contemporary limp vellum with the title hand-written on the spine, very good condition, Gabrel Giolito di Ferrarii, Venezia [Venice], 1569. * a beautiful edition of this translation of the Patriarch of Constantinople's Byzantine history for the years 602-770. It is one of the most important sources describing the emergence of the Bulgars on the historical scene in the Balkans. Third part of a series of three publications by Giolito, the first two are by the author Nicetas Acominatus. CNCE 26719. Not in Adams - SCARCE. Italian text.