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Castiglione (Baldassare). Il Libro del Cortegiano novamente stampato et con somma diligentia corretto, Parma: Antonio de Viotti, 1532, woodcut Giuntine device to A1, woodcut border to A2, lacking 2 leaves (P1 and P8), front free endpaper excised, a little light spotting and soiling, stronger towards front and rear, woodcut on A1 partially rubbed away, small hole in A2 affecting a letter either side, edges dyed blue, c.1800 red goatskin gilt, spine rubbed, worn at head, 8vo (15.2 x 8.5 cm), together with: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Filocopo, di nuovo riveduto, corretto, ed alla sua vera lettione ridotto, Venice: Lucio Spineda, 1612, final blank 3B8 discarded, lacking front free endpaper, 19th-century sheep-backed marbled boards, manuscript label to front board, headcap and board-edges worn, 8vo (14.7 x 9.2 cm, [Welser, Marcus, or Alfonso de la Cueva], Examen de la liberté originaire de Venise, traduit de l'italien. Avec une harangue de Louïs Hélian ambassadeur de France contre les Vénitiens, traduite du latin, 1st edition thus, Regensburg: Jean Aubri, 1677, occasional damp-staining, contemporary mottled calf, front joint cracked at head, 8vo (15.4 x 8.9 cm), Persico (Panfilo), Del Segretario libri quattro, 3rd edition, Venice: heirs of Damian Zenaro, 1643, spotting, browning and damp-staining title-page laid down, short closed tear in R5, 18th-century marbled sheep, spine refurbished, 8vo (15.3 x 9.4 cm), Bentivoglio (Guido), Raccolta di lettere scritte dal Cardinal Bentivoglio in tempo delle sue nuntiature di Francia, e di Fiandra á diversi personaggi. Agigiuntovi hora del medeisimo autore la relatione della sontuosa festa del Saracino fatta in Roma l'anno 1634, Rome: Filippo de'Rossi, 1654, final register leaf, moderate spotting and browning, damp-staining to front, 18th-century calf, joints cracked at ends, 8vo (15.8 x 10 cm), and Fabri Bremondani (Francesco), Delle lettere, scritte in varie lingue, ed in diversi argomenti, libri tre, Milan: Giulio Cesare Malatesta, 1661, additional engraved title-page lacking, Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplate, 20th-century cloth, 8vo (16.4 x 10.4 cm), (Qty: 6) Provenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Rare Parma edition of Castiglione's work, not in Adams, and printed the same year as the first edition of Machiavelli's Il Principe. It may have been printed from the Giunta edition (Florence, 1528) as the first leaf contains the Giuntine device; the first edition was printed at Venice by the Aldine press, also in 1528.