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Ad Instantia de i Gionti di Fiorenza. Good. In Italian (Florentine). 1562 Ad Instantia de i Gionti di Fiorenza (Venice, Italy), 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches tall hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards over vellum spine and tips, hand lettering to spine, engraved title page, [7], 3-103, [1] ff. Moderate to heavy soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with bumping and chipping along board edges. Soiling, contemporary ink notations and paper repairs to title page. A number of pages with moderate soiling, foxing or period ink marginal notations or underlining. A few pages with very light marginal dampstains. Otherwise, a good, complete copy of this rare sixteenth century Venetian edition. OCLC (No. 23625012, 797416942) locates only four copies at institutions worldwide - two in the U.S. (Harvard University and University of Michigan) and two in Italy (Biblioteca San Bernardino in Trento and Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan). ~QQ~ [1.0P] An early Florentine translation - by…