Paolo MORIGIA Milan, Milan. MORIGIA. Distinto ragguaglio dell'ottava maraviglia del mondo, o sia della gran metropolitana dell'Insubria [..] Milano, per Pietro Antonio Frigerio vicino a S. Margarita. 8vo; contemporary full vellum binding, gilt title on labe at the spine. Pp. [12], 214, [14]. with 2 folding plates, of which 1 with great plant of Duomo church . Woodcut initials and head pieces. Editor dedication to Carlo Gaet. Stampa, archbishop of Milan. Fine copy.
Rare, important and correct edition, extensively derived from that of Giovanni Giacomo Besozzo of 1694 but increased. It describes the objects of art, rites, relics and the history of archbishops, saints, and so on. of the Ambrosian diocese. A specimen with a large plan of the folded Duomo that often misses. The name of the Author comes from notice to reader a c. [Ast] 4r.
Paolo MORIGIA Milan, Milan. MORIGIA. Distinto ragguaglio dell'ottava maraviglia del mondo, o sia della gran metropolitana dell'Insubria [..] Milano, per Pietro Antonio Frigerio vicino a S. Margarita. 8vo; contemporary full vellum binding, gilt title on labe at the spine. Pp. [12], 214, [14]. with 2 folding plates, of which 1 with great plant of Duomo church . Woodcut initials and head pieces. Editor dedication to Carlo Gaet. Stampa, archbishop of Milan. Fine copy.
Rare, important and correct edition, extensively derived from that of Giovanni Giacomo Besozzo of 1694 but increased. It describes the objects of art, rites, relics and the history of archbishops, saints, and so on. of the Ambrosian diocese. A specimen with a large plan of the folded Duomo that often misses. The name of the Author comes from notice to reader a c. [Ast] 4r.
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