Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco

7. BemBO, Pietro. historiae Venetae libri XII.
Venetiis MDLI (at end:) Venetiis, apud Aldi Filios,
1551, (Legato con:) GIuSTINIANI, Agostino,
castigatissimi annali. Genoa, Antonio Bellone,
1537, € 8.500
4to, 2 works in one volume, ll. (4), 204, (1 of errata); (14),
282, bound in a fine contemporary pigskin over boards,
richly blind-tooled. Aldus’ device at the end of the first
work, title in red with Genua coat-of-arms at the second.
First editions of the principal Renaissance chronicles of
these two powerful towns. The history of Venice by
P.Bembo starts on 1487 and goes on till 1547 when he
died; Giustiniani had published in 1516 the celebrated
Polyglot Psalter. A special copy on large and thick paper,
in mint condition (on both titles stamps of the
Franziskaner Kloster of Hall in Tirol, near Innsbruck). I)
Renouard 152.17: “il y a des exemplaires inprimés sur un
papier de plus grande dimension”. UCLA 370. II) Sander II,
3191. Harrisse n. 220. Leclerc, Bibl. Americana 642. [5018]
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