Lot 295
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SUSIO, Giovanni Battista (1519-1583). I Tre Libri della Ingiustitia del Duello. Venice: Giolito de Ferrari, 1555. 4° (210 x 155mm). Large woodcut device on title, woodcut head- and tail pieces, initials and printer's device. (Marginal waterstaining to first few leaves, light soiling and browning, heavier on title.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (somewhat soiled, small chips).
SUSIO, Giovanni Battista (1519-1583). I Tre Libri della Ingiustitia del Duello. Venice: Giolito de Ferrari, 1555. 4° (210 x 155mm). Large woodcut device on title, woodcut head- and tail pieces, initials and printer's device. (Marginal waterstaining to first few leaves, light soiling and browning, heavier on title.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (somewhat soiled, small chips).

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SUSIO, Giovanni Battista (1519-1583). I Tre Libri della Ingiustitia del Duello. Venice: Giolito de Ferrari, 1555. 4° (210 x 155mm). Large woodcut device on title, woodcut head- and tail pieces, initials and printer's device. (Marginal waterstaining to first few leaves, light soiling and browning, heavier on title.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine (somewhat soiled, small chips).

FIRST EDITION, RARE: only 2 copies recorded at auction in the past 35 years (ABPC/AE online). Susio's tract on the practice of duelling is among several which appeared in mid-16th-century Italy. Levi & Gelli, p. 170.

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