CAPRIOLO, Elia (XV sec.) - Delle historie bresciane. Brescia: Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1585. An important history of the city of Brescia first published in Latin in 1505. This is the revised, corrected edition with an additional 100 pages continued and translated in Italian by Spini until the year 1585. The work is divided in 12 chapters from the foundation of the city to notes about the most reknown artist in Brescia. 4to (210 x 155mm). Printer's device on title, woodcut initials (few light waterstains). 18th-century marbled boards backed in calf, speckled edges (some rubbing and small chips).


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