[GUEVARA, Antonio de]. Vita di M. Aurelio imperadore...tradotta di spagnuolo in lingua toscana per Mambrino Roseo. Rome: Baldassare de Cartolari, 1542. 4°. Woodcut portrait of Marcus Aurelius on title, arms on verso, a few fine large woodcut initials, with the final blank. (Brown stain in the fore-margins of the first few leaves, occasional spotting.) 19th-century half vellum (rubbed, corners worn). Earliest Italian edition known to Palau of this highly influential and widely read text, first printed in Spanish in 1527. Palau 110140 -- Joannes Baptista EGNATIUS [pseud. i.e. Giovanni Battista CIPELLI]. Le vite de gl'imperadori romani.... Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1540. 8°. Woodcut device on title. (Some waterstaining, several lower fore-corners torn away without loss, a rather tired copy.) Contemporary limp vellum. Casali 53 -- Paolo GIOVIO. La vita di Sforza. Florence: Bernardo di Giunti, 1549. 8°. Woodcut device on title and last page. (Some spotting.) 19th-century blue calf-backed boards (hinges rubbed). Provenance: Giulio Ballino, author, translator, editor and friend of Paolo Manuzio (near contemporary signature on title). And another. (4)