[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of 16th century study of Rome

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(ROME) Mauro, Lucio. LE ANTICHITA DE LA CITTA DI ROMA. Brevissimamente Raccolte da Chiunque Ne Ha Scritto... Venice: Giordano Ziletti. 1556. 8vo. (24),316pp. With the final two blank leaves. Colophon at the bottom of p. 316. Woodcut device on title. A few large historiated initials. 18th century vellum, morocco spine label.	$1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of this study of Roman antiquities, especially sculpture. Ziletti reprinted the text in 1557, 1558 and 1562. BL Italian STC p. 427. Not in Adams.


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