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Falaride - Falaride - Epistles of Phalaris, tyrant of the Agrigentines, translated from the Greek language into the Italian Vulgar, 1549. Venice, Pressed by Abriel Giolito De Ferrari, 1549. 12°. Woodcut initial, some light foxing, missing white outer margin of the title page, reused parchment binding containing a license from the Capitanio of Bergamo granting permission to bear arms ”both by day and by night.” Ownership note erased from the title page.