PIGNA, Giovanni Battista (c.1530-1575). Historia de principi di Este. Ferrara: Francesco Rossi, 1570. volume I only (all published), 2° (356 x 242mm). Large woodcut armorial illustration on title, with the final register leaf (first 5 quires detached, a few leaves towards the end severely browned, top and bottom margins waterstained throughout, 3L2r left blank owing to a printing fault). Contemporary vellum (worn and warped), in a yellow folding buckram box. Provenance: Boston University (presentation bookplate from Edith Talbot Jackson, deaccession letter provided). FIRST EDITION. Censimento CNCE 38347; Adams P1204.