[Como]. Paravicini, Basil. Apologetic Treatise, in which ... it is proved, that Pliny the Second, Author of the Natural History, was from Como, & not from Verona. Como, Girolamo Frova, 1601. In 8° (147 x 100 mm);[20], 100 pages. typographical mark to title page (a few stains.) Rear binding in decorated hardback. First edition of this text, which is part of the diatribe between Como and Verona people about Pliny's true homeland. Also in the lot are Fountains of the environs of Como from 1866, a specimen with barbs of the Scelta d'iscrizioni lapidarie del Camposanto di Como from 1849, Giuseppe Rovelli's Eulogy of 1815 with author's autograph dedication to Francesco Giovio, Invitation to Mirtea ninfa lariana of 1825, a copy with barbs of the Memorie comensi scritti raccolti pel Congresso d'Agronomi of 1867, and theStoria de' principali avvenimenti dopo l'ingresso de' francesi in Lombardia, cioè dal maggio del 1796. to the whole of 1802. to serve as an appendix to Giuseppe Rovelli's History of Como of 1808. (10)