[Milan]. Dimostrationi d'allegrezza. Milan, Carlo Giuseppe Quinto, 1692. In 4° (228 x 175 mm);34, [2] pages. Engraved frontispiece bearing the coat of arms of Luigi Omodei (frontispiece detached, endpapers glued to the counterplate.) Rear binding in marbled cardboard. In the lot among others a bearded specimen of the Notizie intorno alla vita ed agli scritti del marchese Cesare Beccaria from 1821,De recta ratione, ac methodo dicsendi ius civile by Marco Litta from 1560, and a bearded specimen of theTheatrum equestris nobilitatis secundae Romae from 1706, a truffé specimen with a few loose portraits to accompany the characters described in the volume. (6)

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