Britain.- Giovio (Paolo) and George Lily. Descriptio... Lot n° 31

Britain.- Giovio (Paolo) and George Lily. Descriptio Britanniae, Scotiae, Hyberniae, et Orchadum, collation: a4 a-z aa-gg4 hh8, woodcut printer's device to title and hh6v, hh5v woodcut genealogy of the houses of Lancaster and York, woodcut historiated initials, o3&4 blank, 2ff. errata at end (often missing), repaired hole to lower margin of title, some spotting or light foxing, a few mostly marginal stains, lightly browned, recased in contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, stained, small 4to (210 x 150mm.), [Venice], [Michele Tramezzino], [1548]. ⁂ First edition of this description of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Orkney Islands. As well as topographical descriptions it includes Lily's short biographies of contemporary literary notables, and his Chronicon of British kings from the legendary Brutus to the recently crowned Edward VI.