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HELIODORUS. La Dilettevole Historia di Heliodoro. Italian translation by Leonardo Ghini. Woodcut historiated initials and chapter head- and tailpieces. [24], 398 [i. e., 399] pages. 8vo, 148x100 mm, modern binding of old manuscript vellum over boards; contents browned, old inscription imperfectly washed out of title. Genoa: [Antonio Roccatagliata], 1582
The first complete Italian version, originally published in 1559, of the earliest and most important Greek romance extant, dating from the 4th century A.D. Hoffmann II, 200.
