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Nardi (Jacopo). Le historie della citta di Fiorenza, 1st edition, Lyon: Thibault Ancelin, 1582, woodcut border to title-page, toning, occasional light damp-staining, library withdrawal stamp to margin of *3 recto, quires Y and Z transposed, etched armorial bookplate, contemporary sheep, rebacked at an early date, worn, craquelure, 4to (23.8 x 16.2 cm), together with: Giannone (Pietro), Istoria civile del regno di Napoli, 4 volumes, The Hague: Heinrich-Albert Gosse, 1753, engraved portrait frontispiece, title-pages in red and black, engraved plate facing p. 213 in volume 1, browning, contemporary vellum, soiled, wear to spine-ends, 4to (24.4 x 18.8 cm), Guicciardini (Francesco), La historia d'Italia ... di nuova riveduta et corretta per Francesco Sansovino, [Geneva]: Giacomo Stoer, 1645, 3 parts in 1 volume, slightly spotted and browned, part 1 quire P misbound but all signatures present, part 2 signature p6 with small hole affecting a few words, 2M3 torn at lower outer corner touching side-note verso, contemporary ownership inscription 'WRawlinson, Rome' to front free endpaper (identified in a pencilled note as the English lawyer, 1640-1703), contemporary vellum, dust-soiled, 4to (22.7 x 15.7 cm), Pratilli (Francesco Maria), Della origine della metropolia ecclesiastica della chiesa di Capoa, 1st edition, Naples: Stamperia Simoniana, 1758, bound with: Capece (Giuseppe di Capua), Dissertazione intorno alle due campane della chiesea parrocchiala di S. Giovanni de' Nobili Uomini di Capua, 1st edition, Naples: Novello de Bonis, 1750, 2 works in 1 volume, Capece with engraved plate, spotted, bookplates of the marchese di Salsa and the viscounts Dudley and Ward, contemporary vellum, wear to spine-ends, 4to (22.5 x 16.4 cm), and 3 others (Qty: 10) Provenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Adams N39 (Nardi). The final two items (bound together) are uncommon, with OCLC tracing five copies world-wide for Pratilli's work and seven for Capece's.