Live veiling - Lot 1028
[Venice]
Histoire du gouvernement de Venise [- Supplément [...]].
Paris, F. Léonard, 1677
€ 500 / 600
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Beschrijving lot
2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [32 incl. 2 bl.]-424-[38]-[2 bl.], 200-[8] pp. (sm. marginal wormholes, marginal damp stain to last ff.).
Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, sprinkled edges (some sm. traces of use).
Second edition (1st 1676) of this political history of Venice which led to its author imprisoned in the Bastille for 6 weeks because of the many critcisms it contained. Copper-engr. armorial headpiece to dedication and printer's marks in titles.
Prov. de Bourgevin de Vialart de Moligny (armorial bookpl.).