Contarini (Gasparo) Della Republica, et magistrati di Venetia…., fourth edition, 2 parts in one, engraved frontispiece depicting Venice’s arms, lacking 7 folding plates, Q12 detached, some leaves uncut, minor tearing, occasional spotting, intermittent light browning and light water staining, signature of Damianus de Pena, blue paper wrappers, spine severely damaged, joints split, [BL, Italian Books, I, p. 255], 12mo, Francesco Storti, Venice, 1650; with Morvan de Bellegarde (Jean Baptiste, Abbott) Riflessioni critiche sopra li costumi ridicoli introdotti in questo secolo nella civile società, 2 vol., only of 3, engraved frontispieces, some foxing and browning, bookplate of Giuseppe Pelli (1729-1808), contemporary carta rustica, 8vo, Angiolo Pasinelli, Venice, 1745 (3) Provenance. The second work from the library of the noble Giuseppe Pelli Bencivenni, scholar and director of the Uffizi Gallery from 1775 to 1793 (see DBI, 8, 1966, pp. 219-222).
Contarini (Gasparo) Della Republica, et magistrati di Venetia…., fourth edition, 2 parts in one, engraved frontispiece depicting Venice’s arms, lacking 7 folding plates, Q12 detached, some leaves uncut, minor tearing, occasional spotting, intermittent light browning and light water staining, signature of Damianus de Pena, blue paper wrappers, spine severely damaged, joints split, [BL, Italian Books, I, p. 255], 12mo, Francesco Storti, Venice, 1650; with Morvan de Bellegarde (Jean Baptiste, Abbott) Riflessioni critiche sopra li costumi ridicoli introdotti in questo secolo nella civile società, 2 vol., only of 3, engraved frontispieces, some foxing and browning, bookplate of Giuseppe Pelli (1729-1808), contemporary carta rustica, 8vo, Angiolo Pasinelli, Venice, 1745 (3) Provenance. The second work from the library of the noble Giuseppe Pelli Bencivenni, scholar and director of the Uffizi Gallery from 1775 to 1793 (see DBI, 8, 1966, pp. 219-222).
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