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Bartolomeo Fontana, 1616. In 4°. Illustrated frontispiece engraved on copper by Cesare Bassano, double-page engraving depicting ancient Brescia a folded table and numerous double- and full-page woodcut and copperplate engravings or in the text, errors in pagination, some stains and halos, binding of the century XIX, in brown calfskin, red cuts, peeling and slight defects. Ownership stamp on guard sheet.
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First edition . important for the origins and for the ancient history of Brescia, supplemented by news and engravings relating to historical finds such as statues, monuments, emblems, symbols, coins and lapidary inscriptions. The text contains numerous references to civil and religious history, to art and architecture, which make this book "a fundamental work for students of Brescian history and archeology" (Piantanida).
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