Biography of Albanian national hero Skanderbeg, 1554

Marin Barleti (Marino Barlezio):

Historia del magnanimo, et valoroso Signor Georgio Castrioto, detto Scanderbego, dignissimo principe degli Albani. Dal latino in lingua Italiana, per Pietro Rocca.

Venetia, Francesco Rocca à San Polo, 1554 (colophon). 8vo. (15 x 10 cms.) [12] + 404 leaves (final leaf blank). Woodcut on title.

Old vellum, slightly worn, manuscript title on spine, endpapers renewed. Leaf x2 with long, neatly mended tear largely confined to inner margin. In a modern slipcase.

First Italian edition of this important biography of Skanderbeg (Gjergj Kastrioti, 1405-1468), who organized the defence against the Ottomans in the mid 15th century. The first edition in Latin appeared in 1510.

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