[Water courses]. Gennari, Giuseppe. Dell'antico corso de' fiumi in Padova. Padua, Conzatti brothers, 1776. In 4° (258 x 190 mm);XV, [1], 154, [2] pages. Intaglio vignette on title page,headers and capitals with views of the city of Padua and a large engraved and folded table. Coeval binding in mute hardback with manuscript title on spine. Exemplar with beards of this first edition. Also in the lot are Pensieri sul governo de' fiumi by Count Carlo Bettoni from 1782, Dell'Adige e de' suoi diversivi by Antonio Belloni from 1774, and Compendium delli decreti, e terminationi più essentiali circa gli affari del magistrato eccellentissimo delle acque from 1675. (4)

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