[Sixteenth-century book]. BEMBO (Pietro). Della historia vin - Lot 67

[Sixteenth-century book]. BEMBO (Pietro). Della historia vinitiana volgarmente scritta. Libri XII. In Vinegia, appresso G. Scotto, 1552. In-4, [14]-179-[1] f., [Sign. *4, **10, A-Y 8, Z4], ivory vellum with later overlays, smooth spine, title in ink (stains to boards; title and f. browned, sporadic and generally marginal light wetness). First Italian edition of this History of Venice, translated by the author himself and published one year after the Latin original. Some old underlining and marginal notes cut into the binding. Provenance: Baron Régis de Keredern de Trobriand (1816-1897), an officer who volunteered to fight in the American Civil War on the side of the abolitionists; he stayed in Venice in 1844-1845 (signature dated 1844 on one endpaper). (USTC 813419; Edit16 CNCE5039).