[Milan]. Specimen with beards of the second editionCommentarii ad Caesareas constitutiones provinciae Mediolanensis by Giulio Cesare Ruginelli from 1619 with large typographic mark on title page printed in red and black, text in two columns, from the library of Giovanni Treccani degli Alfieri bearing his ex libris, within coeval mute hardback binding. Also in the lot is theRiforma al governo, e amministrazione delle comunità dello Stato di Milano de dì 30 dicembre 1755 with a large double-page engraved plate, eConstitutiones Dominii Mediolanen. Cum Ordinibus excell. Senatus of 1597 intaglio constemma of the Duchy on the title page printed in red and black. (3)

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