A72/007
A COLLECTION OF VENETIAN PUBLIC DECREES AND JUDGMENTS
1616-1704
Book format 4°, 21,5x15,5 cm + larger formats folded. Cardboard binding with labels on spine. Title pages printed in red - with a woodcut of a lion, symbol of Saint Mark, patron saint of Venice. Mostly the decrees of the Consiglio dei Dieci (founded in 1310). Printed by well-known Venetian printers and book sellers Antonio Pinelli (active c. 1571-1631) and Giovanni Pietro Pinelli (active c. 1631-1680), Rampazetto or Meglietti. Affected by moisture, slightly dirty, creased; annotated in ink; scratched binding, worn spine.