Italy - Sicily - Naples - Lot 633

Italy - Sicily - Naples TURPIN (Mathieu) Histoire de Naples et de Sicile contenant ce qui s'est passé de plus mémorable en Italie pendant 432 ans.... Paris, Hulpeau, 1630 (engraved title: à Paris, chez Rolin Baragnes et Charles Hulpeau, 1630). In folio : 4f., 1066pp., (11)(table). Engraved frontispiece title. Numerous pagination and foliation errors. Wide light rings, paper weakened in outer margin in second part of volume, a few small angular paper tears, small traces of worms in margins on a few leaves. Some small angular paper tears at foot. Contemporary brown grained calf, spine ribbed and ornamented, headpieces torn off, later red title page, jaws split, small leather tears on boards and edges, gilt roulette on edges, other minor defects. First edition, covering the period from 1127 to 1559. Also included: DAVILA (Henri-Catherin): Histoire des guerres civiles de France... Paris, Rocolet, 1647. In folio (one volume). Last free printed leaf (pages 649-650), page 651 (6 lines) added by hand on later laid paper (not collated). Old turned leather, modern handwritten title on spine.