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Giovio (Paolo). Dialogo dell' imprese militari et amorose…, Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1574, 280, [14] pp., Rouillé’s woodcut device to title (an eagle perched on a pedestal, wings outspread, flanked by two snakes), oval woodcut portrait of Giovio to title verso, several large initial capitals, 102 oval woodcut emblems, lacks final blank, title dust-soiled and professional paper strip repair beneath imprint, scattered light browning, armorial bookplates of Wrest Park and John L. Nevinson, all edges gilt, 19th-century blind-stamped red morocco, gilt-titled spine with five raised bands, a little rubbed, 8vo (173 x 113mm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020). Not in Adams; Landwehr 345. Giovio’s dialogue was the first treatise on devices, originally published without illustrations in Rome in 1555. Rouillé issued the first illustrated edition in 1559.