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Bologna, for the heir of Vittorio Benacci, 1666. In 4th. 3 parts in 1 volume. Beautiful allegorical front door engraved in copper, woodblock plate on the recto of the last card, at the beginning of each month woodblock illustration, blooms, booklet b4 mounted after A4, woodworm work, halo to the last installments, some burnished cards, coeval hardcover binding defects. & nbsp;
Specialist Notes
Antonio Masini & nbsp; (Bologna 1599-therein1691) Art scholar, authoritative silk merchant, member of the Congregation of beggars & nbsp; responsible for the assistance and management of hospitals and orphanages. Expert connoisseur of local documentary sources, he compiled works in which religious devotion was combined with the socio-cultural aspects of the city. The patrolled Bologna first published in Bologna in 1650 is his most famous work. The edition of 1666, divided into 3 parts, erudently annotated and enriched with learned references, assumed an encyclopedic character, becoming an inexhaustible source of historical, artistic, urban planning, religious information accompanied by exhaustive explanations. & Nbsp;
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