De bello contra barbaros a christianis gesto, pro Christi sepulcro & Iudaea recuperandis, Benedicti de Acoltis aretini libri IIII

Second Latin edition, the first was published in Venice in 1532. Publisher's device on verso of colophon.
Nineteenth-century full brown sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and red morocco title label, gilt place and date of publication at foot, blind-stamped framing motifs on covers, red top and bottom edges.
Spine restored, some scratches on covers, edges rubbed, later endpapers and pastedowns. Lacking 8 leaves, corresponding to the dedicatory epistle, worming to lower margin, title page backed, restoration to head of last leaf, minor dampstain to lower margin on first four leaves, some leaves browned, two corners slightly bumped.
The author, Benedetto Accolti (1415-1464) taught law at the University of Florence before replacing Poggio as secretary of the Republic of Venice. Gradually, his interest in history led him to write around 1464 with his brother Leonard Accolti an account of the First Crusade. Before the poetic vision of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, written in 1581, Accolti offers a historical approach to the capture of the holy city without abandoning the epic sweep that less than a century later inspired his compatriot.
Good copy.