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Della Casa, Giovanni - Della Casa, Giovanni - Rhymes and prose, 1564. Florence, Giunti, 1564. In 8°. Full parchment binding. Smooth spine with two inserts. Sprayed cuts in red. Printer's mark on the title pages. Woodcut initials and decorations. Colophon on c. Y10v. Copy in excellent condition, with the exception of slight stains. Includes the following works, each with its own title page: Table of all the endings of the rhymes of Messer Giovanni della Casa (c. F1R); Oratione by M. Giovanni della Casa, written to Carlo Quinto Imp. (on c. K1R); Treatise by M. Giovanni della Casa [...] surnamed Galateo, or of customs (ed. M5R); Treatise on the common offices between the superior and inferior friends (c. V1R). The internal title pages are not included in the page numbering, but are included in the count of the fasciculation.