Capaccio's Early 17th-Century Book on Famous Women and Men

Giulio Cesare Capaccio. ILLUSTRIUM MULIERUM, ET ILLUSTRIUM LITTERIS VIRORUM ELOGIA, A IULIO CAESARE CAPACIO NEAPOLITANAE URBI À SECRETIS CONSCRIPTA. Naples: Apud Io. Iacobum Carlinum, & Constantinum Vitalem, 1608-9. Limp vellum, labels with ink manuscript title on spine. 4to; A4, +2 (index), B-2E4, 2G4 2F6 2H-3B4 (sig. F and G mis-bound; index placed early rather than at the end); 387, [5]pp. (with index placed after page 8). Italic type with Roman; text in Latin. Second book with own title page; with woodcut devices on title pages, ornaments, and initials. USTC 4033215.
8 1/2 x 7 in.
Giulio Cesare Capaccio (Naples, ca.1552-1634) was an important Italian scholar and humanist known for writing a history of Naples. His book of famous women and men discusses Galla Placidia, Agrippina, Thomas Aquinas, and many others.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Vellum with general wear and small stains, losses to labels and head of spine, lacking ties; binding fragile with front board and spine nearly completely separated from textblock; ex-libris and bookstore sticker on front paste-down; free endpaper loose and with stains and losses; several signatures with damp staining at margins; pages lightly toned with foxing, occasional stain and loss or tear not impacting text (K2 and D4 with larger losses); 2A2 with repair; rear paste-down mostly lost; an extremely rare title outside of institutions.