[Veneto]. Rare first edition of the Historia della famiglia Conti di Padova, di Vicenza, et delle descendenti da essa, with the tree edited by Giovanni Andrea Conti in the Vicenza edition of 1605, within coeval vellum binding. Also in the lot are Francesco Bartoli's Le pitture, sculture ed architetture della città di Rovigo of 1793 with a beautiful perspective view of the city folded in the antiporta and with a note of ownership by Giorgio Campo, owner in the 19th century of the palace of the same name in Rovigo, and the first edition of Antonio Naumayr's Illustrazione del Prato della Valle ossia della Piazza delle Statue di Padova of 1807. (3)

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