FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK OF POLICAL SCIENCE BY SANSOVINO

Sansovino, Francesco. Concetti politici di M. Francesco Sansovino. Raccolti da gli scritti di diuersi auttori greci, latini, & volgari, à benefitio & commodo di coloro che attendono à gouerni delle republiche, & de principati, in ogni occasione cosi di guerra, come di pace. Con una breue tauola da ritrouare ageuolmente le materie che ui si contengono. In Venetia: Appresso Giouanni Antonio Bertano, 1578.

4to, 202x144 mm, full vellum binding, handwritten title at spine, red sprinkled edges; leaves [8], 140. Woodcut printer’s device at title-page. Xyl. head-pieces and head-letters.

Francesco Tatti da Sansovino (1521–1586) was a versatile Italian scholar and man of letters, also known as a publisher. He was born in Rome, the son of Jacopo Sansovino, but soon moved to Venice then studied law at Padua and Bologna. He is known for his 1581 work Venetia citta nobilissima et singolare, Descritta in XIIII. Libri, known briefly as Venezia Descritta. He was also a literary critic, writing in particular on Dante and Boccaccio. He is also known with his pseudonyms, Anselmo Guisconi and Giovanni Tatti.

References: IT\ICCU\TO0E\002559. CNCE 32879. OCLC, 889537916.

Some worm-holes not affecting the text. Light water-stains at lower margin of some leaves. Occasional grey spots at some margins. Crispy paper. Overall, a good copy.