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GIUSTINIANI, Agostino (1470-1536, Bishop of Nebio). Castigatissimi annali... della eccelsa & illustrissima Republi. di Genoa. Genoa: Antonio Bellono, 1537. 2° (284 x 193mm). Title in red and black with large woodcut arms of the city, woodcut of St.George and the dragon on verso. (Old neat repair to inner blank margins of title and three subsequent leaves.) Late-17th-century vellum gilt, uppermost compartment of spine with onlaid blue morocco label gilt-tooled with elephant crest (upper joint split). Provenance: M. Franckheim (16th-century inscription on title); Sir Andrew Fountaine (binding). Adams G-751; Sabin 27518.
[Louis DUFOUR de Longuerue]. Description historique et géographique de la France ancienne et moderne. [Paris: Pralard], 1722. 2 parts in one volume, 2° (438 x 280mm). Nine double-page engraved maps by J.B.Bourguignon d'Anville. Contemporary English mottled calf gilt, spine in eight compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in one, the others with repeat decoration including elephant-crest tool (spine slightly chipped, joints a trifle weak). Provenance: Sir Andrew Fountaine (binding). FIRST EDITION. (2)
[Louis DUFOUR de Longuerue]. Description historique et géographique de la France ancienne et moderne. [Paris: Pralard], 1722. 2 parts in one volume, 2° (438 x 280mm). Nine double-page engraved maps by J.B.Bourguignon d'Anville. Contemporary English mottled calf gilt, spine in eight compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in one, the others with repeat decoration including elephant-crest tool (spine slightly chipped, joints a trifle weak). Provenance: Sir Andrew Fountaine (binding). FIRST EDITION. (2)