GIOVIO PAOLO Bishop of Nocera Historiarum sui temporis tomus

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GIOVIO, PAOLO, Bishop of Nocera. Historiarum sui temporis tomus primus [secundus]. [4], 236, [18]; 349, [17] leaves. 2 volumes in one. Folio, late 17th-/early 18th-century English panelled calf, joints cracked, cords intact; contemporary inscriptions on titles, first title soiled, with 2 small holes in blank portion, some cropped contemporary marginalia, scattered minor stains, light marginal dampstaining in second half of volume. Harcourt of Nuneham Park armorial bookplate. Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1553

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Handsomely printed edition of Giovio's chief work, which first appeared in 1550-52, "one of the most valuable and anecdotally rich Renaissance histories" (OCIL).