Plutarch; M. Lodovico Domenichi, trans. LA PRIMA PARTE DELLE VITE DI PLUTARCHO... (First part only.) Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, et Fratelli, 1555. Vellum-covered boards, label with gilt title on spine, all edges stained red. 4to; *4 A-3P8 (3P8v blank). Italic type; text in Italian. Printed marginalia. With woodcut printer's device on title page and 3P8, woodcut initials, ornaments, and head-pieces. Edit16 CNCE 27108; not in Adams.

9 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari was an important Venetian bookseller, printer, and publisher. He is best known for publishing books in Italian, for being one of the first publishers to print books in series, and for his printer's device featuring a phoenix rising from flames.

Expected wear and discoloration to vellum, label rubbed with title faded, corners and head and tail of spine gently rubbed, slight separation from textblock with binding still sturdy; paste-down endpapers with small tears and slight separation from boards, front paste-down with bookplate; pages toned with occasional stains, ink marks, and small corner or margin losses not impacting text, small wormhole at inner margins and bottom edge of several gatherings, final gatherings with light damp staining at bottom edge; 2G1-2H8 with small corner repair, *2 with repair, title page through *4 extended. An overall good copy of this book dating to a significant and productive time in Venetian printing history.