CONTI (Natale). Universae historiae sui temporis... Lot n° 32

[Alsatica]. CONTI (Natale). Universae historiae sui temporis libri XXX, rerum toto terrarum orbe ab anno... 1545 usque ad annum 1581 gestarum expositionem Nunc primum in Germania editi studio et opera Caspari Bitschii Hagenoensis,... Argentorati, sumptibus L. Zetzneri, 1612. In-folio, [22] f., 674 p., [11] f., old ivory vellum, smooth spine, handwritten title on label (browning). First German edition, printed in Strasbourg, of this historical chronicle of the second half of the 16th century, by the Venetian historian Natale Conti (1520-1582); it first appeared in 1572. Provenance: André Lambert (20th c. engraved bookplate); bibl. stamp on title.