BIANCHI, Filippo Lot n° 557

Trattato de gli huomini illustri di Bologna diviso in tre parti Ferrara Vittorio Baldini 1590 4to, 135 pp, woodcut printer's device on title page, portrait of Gregorio XIII Boncompagni, 6 cardinal's coats of arms printed in red and black, over 40 other coats of arms in the text, old stamp on title page, tear without loss repaired in title page. Slightly foxed, some damp stains at the end of the vol. Modern vellum binding Scarce first and only edition of this important text of Bolognese heraldry, published by Bianchi under the pseudonym of Bartolomeo di Galeotti