Giovio, Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium, Basel, 1596, eighteenth-century mottled calf

2 works in one volume, folio (352 x 220 mm). (1) Roman and italic types. collation: ):(⁴ a–x⁶ y⁸: 138 leaves. Title within elaborate woodcut border, half-page woodcut portraits, some within decorative borders throughout the text, woodcut initials. (2) Roman and italic types. collation: π⁴ a–m⁶ n⁴: 80 leaves. Contents as above. (Some browning, dampstaining, foxing, and worming.)

binding: Eighteenth-century mottled brown calf (362 x 232 mm), 3 gilt fillets around sides, 6 raised bands on spine, compartments outlined by triple gilt fillets, edges slightly speckled in red. (Some rubbing and delamination of surface.)

provenance: "Jac. Lazine (Lative?)”, inscription to foot of title. acquisition: Purchased in 1962 in Paris. references: (1) VD16 G 2067; USTC 683307; (2) VD16 G 2062; USTC 683309 (issue without colophon)