Statuti Lucensis civitatis statuta nuperrime castigata et quam accuratissime impressa

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Lot 79 | Statuti Lucensis civitatis statuta nuperrime castigata et quam accuratissime impressa
[LUCCA] - Statuti Lucensis civitatis statuta nuperrime castigata et quam accuratissime impressa. Lucca: Giovanni Battista Faelli, 1539.

First rare edition of the statutes of Lucca elegantly printed, the work provides numerous informations on the civil and economic organization of the city in the late Renaissance
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Folio (350 x 240mm). Title within woodcut frame, woodcut initials, woodcut plate at the end of the volume representing the shield of Lucca and the city motto (wormtracks mainly in the inner margin and more rarely in the margins, more evident in the first and final leaves, without however substantial loss of text, slight occasional staining). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (some wormtracks to endpapers, small chips on spine, some stains). Provenance: Giuseppe Orlando (exlibris).
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