Asti, Gaetano, editor

Al Nobile, Ed Eccelso Signor Senatore Conte Giuseppe Dalla Serra Malvasia Gabrielli [First Edition]

Asti, Gaetano, editor. Al Nobile, Ed Eccelso Signor Senatore Conte Giuseppe Dalla Serra Malvasia Gabrielli in Occasione Che Termina Il Suo Primo.Gonfalonierato di Giustizia (To the Noble and Illustrious Senator Count Giuseppe Dalla Serra Malvasia Gabrielli, on the Occasion of the Conclusion of His First Term as Gonfalonier of Justice). Bologna: Lelio dalla Volpe, 1769. First edition. 

Octavo. [42] pp. Illustrated with engraved title page and fourteen engraved vignettes. Contemporary blue paste-paper boards with gilt floral borders. A collection of fourteen poems in honor of Conte Malvasia's successful term of office as Bologna's chief officer of justice. Text in Italian.

First Edition of this scarce illustrated Italian poetry book, which features an early illustration of a flying machine.

Spine gently sunned and chipped, with slight loss at spine ends; light rubbing and soiling to boards; moderate toning, scattered foxing throughout; bookplate of Italian architect and designer Carlo Enrico Rava (1903-1986). Very good.

Item #3415

Price: $850.00