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Cavitelli (Lodovico). Annales quibus res ubique gestas memorabiles à patriae suae usque ad annum salutis 1583, 1st edition, Cremona: Cristoforo Draconi, 1588, title-page marked, 3B8 repaired affecting a letter recto, blanks 3H8 and h8 discarded, all edges gilt, 18th-century French calf, large gilt arms to sides (attributed in a pencil note to the comte de Loménie, i.e. Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, 1727-1794, French clergyman and politician), extremities rubbed, loss to spine-ends, front joint cracked, 8vo (20 x 13.5 cm), together with: Capriolo (Elia). Delle historie Bresciane, 1st edition, Brescia: Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1585, woodcut anchor and dolphin device to title-page, minor paper disruption in fore margin of 2R1 touching side-note verso, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, later paper label, 4to (21.4 x 14.9 cm), Guicciardini (Francesco), I quattro ultimi libri dell'historie d'Italia ... nuovamente con somma diligenze ristampati, e ricorretti ... di Papirio Picedi, Parma: Seth Viotti, 1564, spotting and toning, small hole in quire * including title-page, title-page with ink-stamps and effaced ownership inscriptions, bookplate of Richard Robbert Madden (1798-1886, Irish physician and author), contemporary limp vellum, soiled, spine worn, 4to (21 x 15.8 cm), and 2 other 16th-century Italian imprints (incomplete) (Qty: 5) Provenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Adams C1192 (Cavitelli), C1197 (Capriolo; the author's name also spelt Cavriolo), G1518 (Guicciardini); STC Italian p. 163 (Cavitelli).