Cantù Cesare-Gualtieri Conte di Brenna - Grande
In-4, coeval half leather binding (light-coloured calfskin) with gilding on the spines 5 tomes, of which the 5th one in 2 volumes, pages: illustrated frontispieces with the railway bridge between Mestre and Venice below.7 plates outside the text and 977 woodcut illustrations in the text, mostly picturesque views. One of the most interesting and complete work of that time, that shows all the provinces in its artistic, cultural, folkloric, demographic, and economic aspects, with many tables and statistics. 1° volume Milano and Pavia, 2° Venice, Istria and Belluno, 3° Brescia, Cremona,Como, 4° Padova, Verona, Vicenza, 5° Valtellina, Mantova, Lodi, Crema, Bergamo, second part Polesine, Udine, Treviso.Crisp copy, complete with pages and plates in and outside the text.Reprint of the first and second volume, but the other 4 in their original edition and first complete edition of the whole work.Original half leather binding (light-coloured calfskin) with gilding on the spines, minimal signs of wear. Read More