Sardi (Gasparo) & Faustini (Agostino) Libro delle Historie Ferraresi, third edition, 2 parts in one, pp. [8], 230; [16], 102, [2] (blank, torn), 103-182, engraved frontispiece depicting a view of Ferrara with armorial coat of arms (tear to lower right corner), woodcut printer’s device to title, 3 engraved plates and 10 in text full page illustrations, depicting portraits of famous men, tiny hole to title, occasional spotting, a couple of leaves ink stained, repair to last leaf, worm holing affecting first and last gathering, faint signatures to title, bookplates and frequent marginalia in different early hand, contemporary carta rustica, ink title to spine, soiled, [Jocher IV, 147; Graesse VI, 271], 4to, Giuseppe Gironi, Ferrara, 1646 [sold not subject to return] *** Faustini's enlarged new edition of Sardi’s 'History of Ferrara', first published in 1556.