Alberici (Giacomo) Historiarum Sanctissimae et Gloriosiss. Virginis Deiparae de Populo Almae Urbis compendium, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, including errata leaf, lacking frontispiece? & †6 (last leaf of index and image of the Virgin), title within woodcut frame with engraved arms of the dedicatee, cardinal Ottavio Acquaviva, to verso, and 13 only, of 14, illustrations, including 2 depictions of the church (façade and aisles, main altar), and 11 popes’ portraits, pages ruled in black throughout, small hole to title, scattered spotting towards end, light browning, small tears to B2 & F2 slightly affecting running title and illustration, occasional annotations, modern quarter cloth, new endpapers, [IT\ICCU\BVEE\010068; Olskchi 583; Cicognara 3569], 4to, Muzi Niccolò, Rome, 1599. *** Scarce work on the Legend of Santa Maria del Popolo and one of the earliest guides to Italian churches.