GIRALDI CINTHIO, Giovanni Battista. Discorsi ... intorno al comporre de i romanzi, delle comedie, e delle tragedie, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari et fratelli, 1554. 4, large woodcut device on title, another on verso of final leaf of text, historiated initials, headpieces (gatherings *-*** misbound at end, some leaves spotted), 19th-century boards with a modern morocco spine. Provenance: Giovanni Balenghi, old ownership inscription on endpaper; "Bibl. Gust. C. Galletti Flor.", small stamp on title; "Ex bibliotheca Francisci Riccardi de Vernaccia", bookplate; a few annotations in an old hand. FIRST EDITION. Adams G701; BM STC Italian, p. 305; Bongi I, pp. 427-29.