[Rarebooks] FS: 1574 Italian edition of Diodorus Siculus from the press of Giolitio de Ferrari

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Diodorus Siculus. DIODOR SICLO DELLE ANTICHE HISTORIE FAVOLOSE. 
Novamenee[sic] con Somma Diligenza Stampato. Venice: Appresso Gabriel Giolito de 
Ferrari. 1547. Sm. 8vo. ff.(8),119 (i.e. 122). Woodcut printer's device on title 
and another on verso of final leaf. 8 pictorial woodcut capitals. Cont. 
vellum, handwritten title on spine and old paper library number at head of spine. 
Some darkening of spine and a few small chips. Minor worming to bottom 
blank margin of first 3 leaves, but an extraordinarily fresh copy otherwise. 
Early library stamp on title-page and printed overslip of an early owner tipped 
to lower margin.     $650.00 (trade discount allowed)
A pretty copy of this early edition in Italian. Adams D-480. Bongi, GIOLITO 
DE FERRARI, p. 139.

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