MARITI, Giovanni Filippo (1736-1806) - Istoria di Faccardino grand- emir dei Drusi. Livorno: Tommaso Masi, 1787. 

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Lot 180 | MARITI, Giovanni Filippo (1736-1806) - Istoria di Faccardino grand- emir dei Drusi. Livorno: Tommaso Masi, 1787. 
MARITI, Giovanni Filippo (1736-1806) - Istoria di Faccardino grand- emir dei Drusi. Livorno: Tommaso Masi, 1787.

An interesting account of Fakhr al-Din II, the Druze Emir of Mount Lebanon from 1608 to 1635, who led a rebellion against Ottoman authority, in alliance with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. 'Mariti had spent some time with the [Druze] of Lebanon, and from them he learned many of the details for this work' (Blackmer).

8vo (196 x 125mm). Engraved portrait- frontispiece by I. Ogenio after Libleau on blue paper (light staining). Later boards backed in calf decorated in gilt.
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