PRISCIANESE, Francesco. De primi Principii della Lingua Romana. Venice: Bartolomeo Zanetti, 1540. 8° (212 x 150mm.). Woodcut title with portrait, printer's device at end of preliminaries and on last page, portrait on fly-title (some leaves slighlty dampstained, small wormholes in first six leaves). Contemporary limp vellum (worn, lacks ties). Provenance: inscription on lower cover 'Die 3 Juni 1550 Antonii Zelasi di Golzinsio fuit decapitatus in plasca Salodi', with other inscriptions and gloss. -- TORRIANO, Giovanni. Della Lingua Toscana-Romana, or an introduction to the Italian Tongue. London: for J. Martin and J. Allestrye, 1657. Bound with Choyce Italian Dialogues. London: for J. Martyn and J. Allestrye, 1657. Two works in one volume, 8° (106 x 102mm.). (A few minor tears). Later calf (rebacked). Provenance: Earl Ferrers (bookplate). Wing T1919; T1920. -- and another Italian grammar. Proveance: Alan Lubbock (bookplate). (3)

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PRISCIANESE, Francesco. De primi Principii della Lingua Romana. Venice: Bartolomeo Zanetti, 1540. 8° (212 x 150mm.). Woodcut title with portrait, printer's device at end of preliminaries and on last page, portrait on fly-title (some leaves slighlty dampstained, small wormholes in first six leaves). Contemporary limp vellum (worn, lacks ties). Provenance: inscription on lower cover 'Die 3 Juni 1550 Antonii Zelasi di Golzinsio fuit decapitatus in plasca Salodi', with other inscriptions and gloss. -- TORRIANO, Giovanni. Della Lingua Toscana-Romana, or an introduction to the Italian Tongue. London: for J. Martin and J. Allestrye, 1657. Bound with Choyce Italian Dialogues. London: for J. Martyn and J. Allestrye, 1657. Two works in one volume, 8° (106 x 102mm.). (A few minor tears). Later calf (rebacked). Provenance: Earl Ferrers (bookplate). Wing T1919; T1920. -- and another Italian grammar. Proveance: Alan Lubbock (bookplate). (3)

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