[Florence]. Casotti, Giovanni Battista. Memorie istoriche della miracolosa immagine di Maria Vergine dell'Impruneta. Florence, Giuseppe Manni, 1714. In 4° (273 x 190 mm); 2 parts in 1 volume;XV, [1], 318; 231, [1]; 57, [3] pages. Engraved allegorical vignette on title page, illustrated antiporta and 9 engraved plates folded several times, 1 full-page illustration in text (1 folded plate missing, restorations to a few tears to plates, lower margin of eyelet restored). Half vellum binding with gold title on gusset to smooth spine. Exemplar with beards of this uncommon edition enriched with the beautiful plates engraved by Cosimo Mogalli to a design by Alessandro Saller.

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