MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo (1469-1527). Historie. Venice: Comin da Trino, 1540 (January 1541). 8°. Woodcut portrait of the author on title (same leaf soiled, lacks final blank, large wormhole in inner margins of first few leaves with slight damage, inner margins of first gathering reinforced, some staining, generally a poor copy). Later 16th-century limp vellum (soiled and worn). Provenance: E. Friedlander (bookplate). Adams M26. Sold not subject to return.