(History /Italy). Veneroni. "Italian and French dictionary containing everything found in the best dictionaries of these two languages and particularly in that of the Crusca. New edition considerably increased.... " A Basle, chez Jean Rodolfe Tourneisen, 1750. In-4 bound in full wine-leather morocco, richly decorated ribbed spine, triple fillet on the boards, large coat of arms of France on both boards. Colored endpapers. All edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece by Chovin. Engraved title page (Ex libris Mme de Marson repeated in the book). Cartouche. Text on 3 columns. (1ff) 524 pages (1ff). First part only (Italian / French). Dirty boards with wear spots. Moisture trace running through the book in the right margin. Well bound. Volume 1 only (Italian / French).

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