CONTARINI (Gasparo). De Magistratibus & Republica Venetorum, Libri quinque, authore Gaspare Contareno Patricio Veneto.1543

Parisiis: Ex officina Michaëlis Vascosani, in uia quæ est ad diuum, sub Fontis insigni, First edition, 4to (209 x 150 mm), [12], 115, [1] pp., early ink signatures on title (slightly trimmed), eighteenth century calf, hinges rubbed, spine gilt in compartments, morocco label, a nice copy. First edition, published a year after the author's death. Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542) was a Venetian diplomat who was responsible for negotiating the release of Pope Clement VII after his capture by Charles V. Provenance: From the library of the Earls of Macclesfield, with bookplate (North Library, 1860) to front paste-down and blind armorial stamp on the first 2 leaves. Adams, C5265.