CRONICA DI GIOVANNI VILLANI (8 Volumes bound in 4) + CRONICA DI MATTEO VILLANI (6 Volumes bound in 3) + LE VITE D'UOMINI ILLUSTRI FIORENTINI scritte da Filippo Villani colle annotazioni del Conte Giammaria Mazzuchelli (1 Volume) 8 Volumes in all.

FIRST EDITIONS THUS except the Filippo Villani volume which is a Second Edition. 8 Volumes. 8vo. hardbacks uniformly bound in half cream vellum with raised bands, dark green title labels, gilt, to spines and dark green pebbled buckram boards. TEXT IN ITALIAN. Giovanni Villani, his brother Matteo, and nephew Filippo chronicled contemporary life in fourteenth century Italy with portraits of many important citizens of early Medieval Florence. Volume I of the four Giovanni volumes has an engraved portrait frontispiece. Ex. Library with engraved bookplates,