FABRICII, Principio. Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi ... sopra la vita, opere, et attioni di Gregorio XIII Pontefice Massimo libri VI, Rome: Bartolomeo Grassi [colophon: apud Iacobus Ruffinellus], 1588. Small 4 in 8's, engraved title, dedication and 17 plates, numerous engraved vignettes, woodcut initials and headpieces (upper margin ink stained throughout, stronger on title, E6 and F6 with severe but clean tear, O8 with printing flaw, mainly marginal waterstaining, lightly spotted, some margins with short tears and creased), recent calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. BM STC Italian p. 241; Brunet II, 1151.