Le vite di tutti i pontefici da S. Piero in Qua, Ridotte in Epitome du Tomaso Costo...Secondi la Descrizzione del Platina, Corretta dal Panvinio.
Venice: Barnardo Basa & Barezzo Barezzi, 1592. First edition edited by Tomaso Costo (ca. 1545-1613), the Neapolitan-born poet, classicist, and member of the Accademia della Crusca. He used the edition of Platina that had been corrected by Onofrio Panvinio (1529-1568). This is a particularly attractive small illustrated edition. Platina's (1421-1481) work originally appeared in 1474. It is particularly prized for its accounts of the Popes of his own era. Woodcut title-page device, woodcut portrait of Platina, woodcut scene on p. 1, and approximately 240 woodcut portraits of the Popes with their coats-of-arms. Last few leaves with some old soiling at top inner margin and bottom outer margin. Otherwise a very good copy. Contemporary limp vellum, a bit soiled. Octavo. [40], 320 pp. Item #16625
OCLC lists ten copies worldwide, three in North America, at Cornell, the University of Illinois, and the Newberry Library.
Adams C2755 (listed under Costo). BM Italian STC, p. 596.
Price: $1,250.00