GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico (1521-89). Commentarii ... Delle cose piu memorabili seguite in Europa: specialmente in questi paesi bassi, Venice, 1565, 4to, contemporary limp vellum. FIRST EDITION.

GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico (1521-89).  Commentarii ... Delle cose più memorabili seguite in Europa: specialmente in questi paesi bassi; dalla pace di Cambriai, del M.D.XXIX. infino à tutto l' Anno M. D. LX. Libri Tre. Venice: Appresso Nicolò Beuilacqua, 1565. 4to (206 x 152mm). Large woodcut printer's device on title and repeated on the verso of the final leaf, ornament at head of the dedication and at the end of "Libro Primo", 4 large historiated woodcut initials (B2 with closed tear and very small marginal hole, small part of blank corner of I4 torn away without loss of text, some passages lightly browned). Contemporary limp vellum (vestiges of silk ties). Provenance: title and shelf numbers in old manuscript on the spine and front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION of this rare chronicle of the Netherlands. Adams G1534; not in Brunet or Gamba.