leather_bound
1645 · Milan
by Campo, Antonio
Milan: Gio. Battista Bidelli, 1645. leather_bound. Contemporary full vellum, remants of spine label. Very good. 228 (32) (a4-c4). 25.5 x 19 cm. Two parts in one volume. Engraved title by Blanc, portrait of the author on front leaf. Folded map of Cremona, folded plan map dated 1583, six engravings on four folded plates of Cremona Cathedral, the Torrazzo. Magnificently illustrated history of Cremona, one of the most beautiful illustrated books of the late Cinquecento. The work, divided in four books, contains the history of Cremona chronologically organized from the foundation by the Romans up to 1585. A fifth book, devoted to the description of the Cathedral (truncated)