Il Duello del Mutio Justinopolitano. Con le Risposte Cavalleresche, 2 vols. bound as one

Vinegia: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1568-1569 [1560]. Later Printing.. Later three-quarter parchment.. Good; some minor spotting; very faint tide mark along bottom margin of both volumes; rear joint partially split.. 8vo, I - [8], 104; II - 105 - 223, [1 - printer's device] LEAVES. Consecutively signed and paginated throughout; with engraved chapter initials.

A Renaissance courtier and writer on numerous topics who offers a set of dialogs on varied subjects (including the military). See Adams M-2081 (later prtg.).