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FENESTELLA, LUCIUS [pseud. of ANDREA DOMENICO FIOCCO or FIOCCHI]. Il Fenestella d'i Sacerdotii, e d'i Magistrati Romani. 43, [1] leaves. Small 8vo, late 18th-/early 19th-century calf, flat spine attractively gilt with morocco lettering piece, rear joint partly cracked, cover corners worn through; scattered stains, inscription inked out on last leaf. Venice: Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1544
First edition in Italian of a tract on the ancient Roman bureaucracy and priesthood attributed by its 15th-century Florentine author to the Roman historian Lucius Fenestella. The Latin original text was first published circa 1473-77.
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