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Padova - Gennari, Giuseppe

Annals of the city of Padua, 1804

Estimate

€ 220 - 300

Sold

€ 282

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Bassano, Remondini, 1804. In 4th. 3 vols. Contemporary binding in flower printed paper, smooth backs with gussets, some small tears. Giovanni Battista Maria Contarini. Historical information about the public professors in the Studio of Padua chosen by the Order of San Domenico, Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1769. In 8 °. Woodcut frieze on the title page, A2-4 cards are missing, coeval binding in mottled leather richly embossed in gold with angular motifs and central lozenge, smooth back with lanceolate motifs and gusset, gilded cuts.

Specialist Notes

Beautiful fresh and marginal example of the rhyme edition of this history of the city of Padua from its foundation to 1318, interrupted by the death of the author and published posthumously. Lozzi 3226.