ALMANAC -- Almanacco Imperiale Reale per le Provincie del Regno Lombardo-Veneto... per l'anno 1829. Milan: Imperial and Royal Press, [1828]. 8° (219 x 142mm). Engraved arms on title. Contemporary Milanese red straight-grained morocco, bound for Archduke Rainer with his arms blocked in gilt at the centre of the covers, surrounded by a wide gilt border, fan-shaped cornerpieces with pointillé work, and wide gilt fillets and elaborate floral tooling, the flat spine divided into six sections with fillets and roll-tools, lettered in two, the others with all-over gilt tooling, gilt turn-ins, light-blue watered silk doublures and endleaves, g.e. (slight split to upper joint). Provenance : archduke rainer, austrian viceroy of lombardy and veneto (1783-1852, binding). A FINE MILANESE ROMANTIC BINDING, BOUND FOR ARCHDUKE RAINER, who was appointed Viceroy in 1817 and ruled until 1848, when he was forced out by the Risorgimento.
ALMANAC -- Almanacco Imperiale Reale per le Provincie del Regno Lombardo-Veneto... per l'anno 1829. Milan: Imperial and Royal Press, [1828]. 8° (219 x 142mm). Engraved arms on title. Contemporary Milanese red straight-grained morocco, bound for Archduke Rainer with his arms blocked in gilt at the centre of the covers, surrounded by a wide gilt border, fan-shaped cornerpieces with pointillé work, and wide gilt fillets and elaborate floral tooling, the flat spine divided into six sections with fillets and roll-tools, lettered in two, the others with all-over gilt tooling, gilt turn-ins, light-blue watered silk doublures and endleaves, g.e. (slight split to upper joint). Provenance : archduke rainer, austrian viceroy of lombardy and veneto (1783-1852, binding). A FINE MILANESE ROMANTIC BINDING, BOUND FOR ARCHDUKE RAINER, who was appointed Viceroy in 1817 and ruled until 1848, when he was forced out by the Risorgimento.
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