Susanne Schulz-Falster - Schulz-Falster Rare Books

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CIPPICO,
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FRANCESCHINIS,
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[MORELLI,
Coriolano. Delle guerre de’ Veneziani
nell’Asia dal 1470 al 1474 libri tre, di Coriolano Cipico
riprodotti nel solenne ingresso di S.E. Cavaliere Messer
Antonio Cappello alla dignità di Procuratore di San
Marco. Venezia, Carlo Palese, 1796.
4to (301 x 215mm), engraved frontispiece, pp. [viii] including
initial blank, 86, [2] index; engraved title vignette with the
arms of the Cappello family; original glazed yellow boards,
with woodblock printed floral border and central arms of
the Cappello family printed in brown; verso with the
Venetian arms (Eviva initials); a fine copy from the Rava
collection.
First-hand account of the Venetian struggles in Asia between
1470 and 1474 by the Venetian mercenary Coriolano Cippico,
published on the occasion of Antinio Cappello’s elevation to
Procuratore of Venice in 1796.
Morazzoni p. 266; Lapiccirella 40; Pettoello 484; Saks 114.
Francesco Maria. A Sua
Eccellenza il Signor Cavaliere Antonio Cappello nel
giorno del suo solenne Ingresso alla dignità di
Procuratore di San Marco. Orazione di Francesco Maria
Franceschinis, barnabita. Venezia, Carlo Palese, 1796.
4to (303 x 215mm), engraved frontispiece, pp. 28, with
engraved title vignette with the arms of the Cappello family;
original green glazed paper boards, overprinted with the
arms of the Cappello family within floral border, Venice seal
to verso, slight discolouring to upper boards, else a fine copy.
Morazzoni p. 266; Pettoello 483; Saks 115.
JACOPO.] Monumenti Veneziani di
varia letteratura per la prima volta pubblicati
nell’Ingresso di Sua Eccellenza Messer Alvise Pisani
Cavaliere alla dignità di Procuratore di San Marco.
Venezia, Carlo Palese, 1796.
4to (310 x 219mm), pp. [viii] including engraved frontispiece,
12, 51, title vignette of the arms of the Pisani family, three
engraved vignettes in the text (a view of Zara, and two of
medallions of Pietro Bembo and Galileo); original pink
engraved paper boards, with Pisani arms to upper cover, and
Pisani monogram to lower cover, both within classical
border; some light damp-staining to text in final signatures,
binding also with light damp-staining resulting in light
discolouration of lower board and spine; from the Rava
collection with exlibris.
An important collection of historical works, here published for
the first time, on the occasion of Pisani’s triumphal entrance to
Venice as Procuratore. The volume contains the siege of Zara
(1346) and its subsequent occupation by the Venetians, letters
by Pietro Bembo (1530–39), and a letter from Galileo to the
Signoria of Venezia regarding the telescope (1609), with a decree
of the Senate.
Morazzoni p. 277; Cicogna 700; Gamba 1255; Lapiccirella 65;
Pettoello 486; Saks 128.