Guicciardini, Ludovico - The history of Italy Florence, Lorenzo Torrentino, 1561. In 2nd. Large brand with weapons engraved in wood on the frontispiece and at the end, portrait of the author on the reverse of πA⁴, woodcut friezes and initials, ancient hand glosses, light blooms and reddening, small marginal woodworm holes, some slightly burnished papers, slight gora of water at the upper margin of a few booklets, rare small spots, hole at 3I2, small tear without loss on the last paper, binding of the century. XVII in half parchment, author and title imprinted within a red piece and publisher and date within a green piece on the spine, slight defects. Paper ex libris on the counterplate. (385 x 260 mm). [viii] 665 [i.e. 657] [3] pp. Large brand with Medici weapons on the title page, woodcut portrait of the Author at c. ? A4v, woodcut initials. Modern binding. Print area occasionally reddened, some blued paper, halo at the top edge and traces of moisture at the bottom edge of the last issues, restorations on the penultimate card, last defective card. & Nbsp; ** First edition of this famous work consisting of twenty books that retrace the events that took place between the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent, 1492 and that of Pope Clement VII, 1534.