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LANDI, GIULIO. La Vita di Cleopatra Reina d'Egitto. [8], 62 leaves, including blanks *8 and F8; lacks the 2 blanks at end. 8vo, 135x88 mm, 18th-century vellum boards with leather lettering piece, spine worn and soiled; margins trimmed close entering some direction lines but not otherwise affecting text, contents toned with occasional soiling. Venice: [Paulus Manutius], 1551
first edition andonly aldine edition. Drawn largely from Plutarch and other classical authors, Landi's book is apparently the first separately published biography of Cleopatra. Renouard, page 153(18); Ahmanson-Murphy 421.
