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PLATINA, BARTOLOMEO. De vitis ac gestis summorum pontificum [and other texts]. [12], 320, [4]; 29 [i. e., 92], [10] pages. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 310x200 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with brass catches and clasps; occasional toning, title soiled with dampstain in lower margin and old signature. Unidentified woodcut armorial bookplate with monogram "G:I:F:V:M:V:T." Cologne: Jaspar van Gennep, 1551
Later edition of Platina's 1479 collection of brief biographies of the Popes, reprinted here with his Dialogo de falso et vero bono and other writings.
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