BOOK, Biographies of Leo X and Adrian VI, 1557.
Paolo Giovio:
Le vite di Leon decimo et d’Adriano sesto sommi pontefici, e del cardinal Pompeo Colonna.
Venice, appresso Giovanni de’ Rossi, 1557. 8vo. 14,7 x 10 cm. 184 leaves. Woodcut device on title and final leaf.
17th century full vellum, label to spine gilt-lettered “Giovio / Vite”, marbled endleaves and edges. Contemporary marginalia (cropped), leaves 97-8 cut in margin also affecting a few words of text on each side (no loss), first few leaves with waterstain outermost along margin. Bookplate of Franz Pollack, Parnau.
Giovio’s biographies of Popes Leo X (1475-1521), Adrian VI (1459-1523) and Cardinal Pompeo Colonna (1479-1532) were originally published in 1549 (in Latin). This translation into Italian is by Lodovico Domenichi.
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