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Astolfi, Giovanni Felice. Scelta Curiosa et ricca officina divarie antiche, & moderne Istorie. Venice: Marchio Sessa, 1602. First edition. Later half vellum over marbled boards, hand-titled spine, later blue endpapers. Engraved printer’s device on title page of a cat eating a rat. Copiously illustrated with half-page woodcut vignettes at chapter headings, woodcut initials, woodcut head and tail-pieces. 8vo. [xxiv], 518, [1] blank. Boards rubbed with slight separation along front outer joint, light scatter of spotting.