[BIANCHINI, Francesco (1662-1729) -- BALDI, Bernardino (1553-1617]. Memorie concernenti la cittá di Urbino dedicate alla sagra real maestá di Giacomo III Re della Gran Brettagna. Roma: Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1724. 2° (410 x 280mm). Title printed in red and black, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Masini after Ghezzi, engraved vignette view of Rome on title, engraved portrait, 146 engraved plates of which 2 folding, numbered 1-72 and I-LXXII, engraved topographical plate, woodcut head- and-tail pieces and initials. (Lacking S4, small repairs to margins and a folding plate, occasional light waterstaining and soiling.) Contemporary vellum (corners and top margin of front cover repaired, a few small stains). Provenance: Guido Uccelli (book plate).
[BIANCHINI, Francesco (1662-1729) -- BALDI, Bernardino (1553-1617]. Memorie concernenti la cittá di Urbino dedicate alla sagra real maestá di Giacomo III Re della Gran Brettagna. Roma: Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1724. 2° (410 x 280mm). Title printed in red and black, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Masini after Ghezzi, engraved vignette view of Rome on title, engraved portrait, 146 engraved plates of which 2 folding, numbered 1-72 and I-LXXII, engraved topographical plate, woodcut head- and-tail pieces and initials. (Lacking S4, small repairs to margins and a folding plate, occasional light waterstaining and soiling.) Contemporary vellum (corners and top margin of front cover repaired, a few small stains). Provenance: Guido Uccelli (book plate).

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[BIANCHINI, Francesco (1662-1729) -- BALDI, Bernardino (1553-1617]. Memorie concernenti la cittá di Urbino dedicate alla sagra real maestá di Giacomo III Re della Gran Brettagna. Roma: Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1724. 2° (410 x 280mm). Title printed in red and black, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Masini after Ghezzi, engraved vignette view of Rome on title, engraved portrait, 146 engraved plates of which 2 folding, numbered 1-72 and I-LXXII, engraved topographical plate, woodcut head- and-tail pieces and initials. (Lacking S4, small repairs to margins and a folding plate, occasional light waterstaining and soiling.) Contemporary vellum (corners and top margin of front cover repaired, a few small stains). Provenance: Guido Uccelli (book plate).

FIRST EDITION, RARE. A finely illustrated work on the city of Urbino which hasn't been recorded at auction since 1975 (AE online). Only 3 copies are recorded in Italian libraries (www.sbn.it). Cicognara 3947.

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