FENESTELLA, LUCIUS [pseud. of ANDREA DOMENICO FIOCCO]

Il Fenestella d'i Sacerdotii, e d'i Magistrati Romani. Tradotto di latino alla lingua Toscana, . M. Angelo Motta

      Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, Venice 1544 Circa 1800 calf rebacked with finely gilt tooled spine Small 8vo . FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN of this historical description of the government and priesthood of ancient Rome by the Florentine humanist Andrea Domenico Fiocco (or Fiocchi, c. 1410-1452). The Latin text was first printed in Venice in 1473-77 and attributed by Fiocco to the Roman historiographer Lucius Fenestella. The translator, Angelo Motta, dedicates the work to Francesco Sansovino (1521-1583) who would also provide a translation of this work for Giovio for a 1547 edition. "The treatise enjoyed almost immediately a wide circulation . and at the close of the 15th century there were already seven printed texts available. Many more editions of Fiocchi's work were published all over Europe in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries" (M. Laureys). A scarce work. Not in the OCLC 43, [1] leaves. Woodcut printer's device and fine woodcut historiated initials. Some scattered foxing. Early inscription crossed out on last leaf. BM/STC Italian, p. 246; not in Adams.