Domenichi, Lodovico. Ragionamento ... In which he speaks of feats of arms, et d'amore. Milan, Giovanni Antonio degli Antoni, 1559. In 8° (160 x 100 mm);30, [2] papers. Typographic mark on title page. Modern vellum binding with gold title to front plate. Also in the lot among others a bearded copy of Un dottore in filosofia e un uomo di stato Dialogo del principe di Canosa in the December 1832 edition, a bearded copy of Rerum patriae Andreae Alciati of 1625, a bearded copy of Historia dell'origine, vita, et fatti de i re de longobardi in Domenichi's translation of 1631,Calatia favola parabolica, et virtuosa by Francesco Antonio Tomasi of 1622, and other volumes. (15)

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