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Published by Cosmopoli [Lucca]: n.p. [Pel Benedini], 1750., 1750
Seller: Sam Gatteno Books, Grosse Pointe, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Octavo. Two volumes. I: lx, 256pp.; II: 257- 594, [ii]pp. I: []1, a8-c8, d6, A8-Q8; II: R8-Z8, Aa8-Oo8, Pp2. Engraved allegorical pictorial title-pages to both volumes. Second edition. This long-delayed second edition was edited by Rinaldo Maria Bracci, under the pseudonym of Neri del Boccia. According to Brunet, there were two issues; this one belongs to the first issue, which he considers the better of the two, due to the deterioration of the plates in the second issue. Contemporary vellum. With 43 plates; 36 in the first volume and 7 in the second. Brunet, V, 988-989; Gamba 268; Graesse, VI: II, p. 217; Ceresoli, p.129.