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Brescia - Veneto
Querini, Angelo Maria / Gradenigo, Giangirolamo
Venetian Tiara and Purpura ab anno MCCCLXXIX ad annum MDCCLIX serenissimae rei publicae venetae a civitate Brixiae dicata, 1761
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Brescia, Rizzardi, 1761. In 4°. Vignette on the frontispiece depicting Venice (woman with sceptre seated on a lion) and on A1r leaf, 4 leaves of double-page plates depicting the interior of the palace and ornate initials, all copper-engraved, a few leaves with very light browning, contemporary calf binding, gold title within a tag on the spine, red spray cuts, signs of wear, small losses and peeling.
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Second edition, reproduced from the 1750 Roman original, edited by the scholar Antonio Maria Gradenigo (Venice 1708 – Udine 1786), professor at the Brescia Seminary and close friend of Bishop Querini. This valuable collection chronicles the lives and works of five Supreme Pontiffs and sixty-six Venetian cardinals.
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