I Goti Illustrati: overo Istoria de Goti Antichi, con varie digressioni in materie parimente antiche, e singolari. Insertovi l'Apologia per Frate Gioanni Annio viterbase, ...

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Verona: Antonio Rossi, 1677. Folio. Orig. full parchment boards with inked title in manuscript to spine. (ii, 304pp.). With woodcut devices to title-page plus dec. initials. Contemp. manuscript inscription on title-page, a library rubber stamp dated 1871, a few other ms. markings on endpapers, and a little old worming to first & last leaves touching text but without serious loss. Overall a very good uncut copy. First Edition. NOTE: A history of the Gothic invasions in the 5th and 6th century of Italy, taken from extant sources including Cassiodorus, Procopius, and Annius of Viterbo (1432-1502).