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Tuesday 06 December 2022 e Wednesday 07 December 2022, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Alberti, Leandro

Description of all Italy [...] which contains its site, the quality of its parts, the origin of the cities, castles, & lordships with their ancient & modern names, 1551

Estimate

€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 307

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Information

Venice, Nicolini da Sabbio, 1551. In 4th. Printer's brand on the title page, portrait of the Author on the reverse of the 4* sheet, nice drop caps, title page and portrait with hand colouring, some handwritten annotations, stains on the title page, some slight halos, very rare reddening, woodworm hole in the lower white margin of the last pages, small gap in the white margin of the last page, coeval parchment binding, handwritten title within paper insert on the spine, blue edges, some stains, small gap on the spine, minor defects. Handwritten note on endpaper. 

Specialist Notes

Second edition of this famous historical encyclopaedia on the Bel Paese, praised by Tiraboschi for the variety and completeness of the information collected, dedicated by the author to Henry II of France and Catherine de 'Medici, of this  The work was long considered the main reference for a complete geographical knowledge of the Italian territory, and was reprinted and expanded for about a century.