4to, mm. 205x150. Quarter vellum and boards binding. Marbled edges. Leaves 293. Ex libris on title page, restorations, loss on margin on leaf RIIII. Overall good copy.
First edition of Dolce's translation. This work shows the historiographical spirit of Sabellico divided into decades and dating back "ab Urbe condita", according to the Livian model, and uses some more or less famous chronicles without an appreciable critical rigor. Among the most interesting chronicles to point out is the reference to Columbus and his dynastic ancestry and the wars against the Turks.
cfr. Harrisse n. 21, p. 53; Sabin, XVIII, p. 196-7; Cicogna, n. 568, nota. Lozzi 6108. STC. 188. Adams S-17.