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London : Richard Field, 1618. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Believed Third edition Quarto full leather Hardback iv + m 821 pages + 9 pp index Good condition. Spine has been professionally replace perhaps up to 100 years ago but the rest of the material is original, Small loss of material from top left corner of title page not impinging on print. Binding entirely sound.

London: Imprinted by Richard Field…sold by Arthur Johnson, 1618. folio. pp. 4 p.l., 821, [8]index. [leaves of signature F misbound]. woodcut device on title. woodcut ornaments & initials. 19th century half sheep over marbled bds. (rubbed, front joint cracked, some marginal dampstaining, small library stamp on title & bookplate, small hole in title costing 1 digit from imprint date, leaves closely trimmed with the occasional side-note shaved). Third Edition of the English Translation by Sir Geoffrey Fenton [1539?-1608]. Guicciardini's history "remains the most solid monument of the Italian reason in the 16th century, the final triumph of the Florentine school of philosophical Historians which included Machiavelli, Segni.". (J.A.Symonds) "Guicciardini is the first 'universal historian', as he sees the history of Italy in the larger context of the European system of States, with sound political instinct and devoid of ecclesiastical bias." (Printing and the… Read More

London: Richard Field (1594), 1599. Second English Edition . Quarter Calf. Good +. 943, {X]. Quarter Calf. Second English Language Edition. Folio. Quarter Calf Over Marbled Boards. Pages 10 3/4" Tall, All Three Edges Watered. Leather Is Quite Worn, Joints Cracked, Frayed At Corners With Small Losses, Paper Covering The Boards Is Partly Worn Away At Edges. Lacks Initial Blank. Contemporary Gilt And Embossed Compartmented Spine. Signs Of Removed Bookplate On Front Pastedown. Hinges Cracked But Firm. Title Page, With Complex "Anchora Spei" Ornamental Engraving, Missing Lower Right Corner, About One Square Inch Total, With No Loss Of Text Or Ornament. Text Divided Into Twenty Books, With Woodcut Ornaments And Initials For Each; Unpaginated Ten Page Table (Index) At End. Dedication To Queen Elizabeth I By Fenton. Small Waterstains Showing Irregularly At Bottom Of Some Pages, Well Below Text Block. First Page Missing Lower Corner Adjacent To Spine, With No Loss Of Text. Light 1/2" Ink… Read More