BRUNI, Leonardo (1370-1444) - Libro della guerra de Gotthi. Venice: Gabriele Giolitto de' Ferrari, 1542.   A Venetian 16th-century edition of this work written in Latin by Leonardo Bruni, also known as Leonardo Aretino, published for the first time in Lodovico Petroni's vernacular translation by the heirs of Filippo Giunta in 1526.   8vo (147 x 98mm). Printer's device on title and colophon, title page in woodcut border, woodcut initials, B variant from SBN with wrong date at colophon MD MLII (browning, waterstaining at gatherings A-C, occasional tiny wormtrack sometimes repaired, B8 with reinforcement to inner margin, occasional light spotting, and soiling). 17th/18th?-century half vellum on decorated paper, manuscript title on spine, speckled red edges (tiny wormholes and minor rubbing). Provenance: Io Giovanni Rossi d'Arezzo (ownership inscription at endpaper) - Libreria Padelli di Arezzo (bookseller's stamp at endpaper).

Estimate € 200 - 300