Lady Jane Grey.- Rosso (Giulio Raviglio) Historia... Lot n° 36

Lady Jane Grey.- [Rosso (Giulio Raviglio)] Historia delle Cose Occorse nel Regno d'Inghliterra in Materia del Duca di Notomberlan dopo la Morte di Odoardo VI, first edition, collation: A4, B-H8, I4, title with large engraved printer's device, capital space with guide-letter, A4 blank, a few 17th century ink notes in margins, some staining throughout, 17th & 19th century ink inscriptions on title and front endpapers, Holland House copy with ink inscription on front pastedown, 17th century vellum, slightly soiled, gilt spine, a few wormholes on spine, 8vo (154 x 100mm.), Venice, nell Aademia Venetiana, 1558. ⁂ A scarce Italian account of the attempt made by John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland to make Lady Jane Grey, wife of his son Guildford Dudley queen after the death of Edward VI. Literature: Adams E17; EDIT 16 CNCE 23106.