[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Foglietta's history of Naples & Genoa, printed in 1571

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Foglietta, Uberto. EX UNIVERSA HISTORIA RERUM EUROPAE Suorum Temporum... 
Naples: Josephum Cacchium. 1571. Sm. 4to. ff.(6),97,(1). Early vellum, modern 
calf spine label. Some text soiling and preliminary leaves with an old water 
stain at the blank outer margin.     $600.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition (note below: there are 2 Naples 1571 printings). On the 
history of Naples and Genoa in the 16th century; the conspiracy of Gian Luigi 
Fieschi in Genoa (one of the earliest sources for Schiller’s tragedy "Die 
Verschwoerung des Fiesco zu Genua"); the disturbances in Naples under Pedro de 
Toledo; and the assassination of Pietro Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma in 1547. 
Adams F672 (the edition of ff.(6),93).

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