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Venice.- Ziliol (Camillo, secretary to the Doge) [Statute Book of Venice], manuscript in Italian, on vellum, 184pp. excluding blanks, in black ink, in an attractive cursive Italic hand, final 6 blank ff. ruled, 21 lines, black ink, pagination numbers, lacks title, first 2ff. very small wormholes in lower margins, some ff. slightly browned, late 19th century label of "V. Arrigoni Collection d'antiquités... Milan" on front pastedown, bookplate of New Hall, Chelmsford on front fly-leaf, catalogue entry from the Gibson Craig library (sold at auction in 1888) on front pastedown, later ownership mark of Edward Lyndoe, contemporary Venetian red morocco gilt, covers with gilt central oval ornament enclosed with double single-line borders, rubbed, a few very small wormholes on upper cover and one on spine, some surface wear, corners bumped with some wear, rebacked in 18th century calf, gilt, spine rubbed and dulled, head and tail of spine chipped away with small loss, old paper label "Venetian M.S. 1580" on spine, g.e., sm. 4to, [Venice], Doge's Palace, 24th June 1580. ⁂ Statutes for the administration of the Dogado (Republic of Venice), the Venetian lagoon (including the island of Murano). This manuscript appears to have been written out for the administrator himself, as the manuscript addresses him in the second person. Among the many topics covered are: the administration of glass-makers on the island of Murano, the ban on Jews owning property, the ban on salted meat, the right to carry weapons, and how to deal with alchemists.