Relazione del terribile Terremoto accaduto nella Città del Borgo a S. Sepolcro, Castello di Cespaja, e Villaggio di Selci il dì 30. Settembre 1789 n.p. 1789 Small 4° (195x131 mm). 4 pp. One woodcut headpiece on title; on verso of the last leaf woodcut vignette, depicting a town destroyed by earthquake. Original decorated wrappers, with criss-cross design. An excellent copy, margins somewhat trimmed. On 30 September 1789 a violent earthquake hit the territory of the upper valley of the Tiber (Valtiberina), in Central Italy, and coeval reports... € 400
Relazione della Cupola dipinta dal Cavaliere Carlo Cignani, e scoperta l’anno 1706. in Forlì. Forlì Giovanni Felice Dandi (?) 1706]. 8° (202x141 mm). [10] of [34] ll. Woodcut initials and tailpieces. Bound in modern pale pink wrappers. A very good copy. leaves slightly browned, staining to gutter of the last leaf, a bit soiling at blank margins. On 24 March 1683 Carlo Cignani (1628-1719), one of the most important late Baroque artists working in Bologna, began in the Forlì Cathedral the frescoes of the cupola of the... € 1.300