Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542)

CASPARIS CONTARENI PATRICII VENETI DE REPVBLICA VENETORVM LIBRI QUINQUE

Leiden, 1628
Format 16°, 11.1x5.4 cm. 431 numbered pp., in Latin. Copper-engraved title page. Solid leather binding with blind-tooled decoration, spine with 3 raised bands. Published by the Elzevir family press in Leiden in 1628. 2nd, expanded edition. Binding slightly damaged, text block in good condition. A well-known work on the political constitution of the Republic of Venice, 5 books describing the workings of the Venetian offices, the doge, the senate and the council, supplemented with synopses and other political texts on Venice.