Della perfetta poesia italiana spiegata, e dimostrata con varie osservazioni [...].

2 vol., 4to: xii-599, xii-[8]-483 pp. (foxing, marg. damp stain at end of vol. I and sm. marg. in vol. II, ff. +/- browned in vol. II and sl. occ. in vol. I, ms. entry crossed out on title of vol. I, staining in Bb vol. I).

Contemp. vellum, ink-titled spines with raised bands, red spr. edges.

First edition of a literary history with a focus on poetry and the educational and moral purposes it should attempt. The Catholic priest and historian Muratori (1672-1750) was librarian at the Ambrosian Library in Milan and at Modena's Ducal library. He was the discoverer of the Muratorian fragment, perhaps the earliest list of New Testament books.
Ref. Cp. Gamba 2359 and 2360 (mentions the 1st ed.).
Prov. "Il Dottissimo" Father Sebastiano Paoli "ne ha stese dottisime anotazioni" (contemp. ms. entry). - Unidentified stamp.