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[SCIENCE AND MEDICINE] - RARE COLLECTION OF EARLY ITALIAN INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS — INCLUDING POSSIBLY THE FIRST BOOK ON ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI - ANONYMOUS 1825–1858 - Miscellanea on the Rise of Insurance and Financial Institutions in Pre-Unification Italy] Milan, Venice, Rome, Lucca, 1825–1858. Folio ( 304 × 230 mm). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards (light edge and corner wear). A remarkable sammelband of rare official publications, all relating to the founding, regulation, and operation of insurance companies and financial institutions in 19th-century Italy, primarily within the Austrian, Papal, and Tuscan states. Contents: • I. R. Privilegiata Società nomata Assicurazioni Generali Austro Italiche, Venice: Giuseppe Antonelli, 1833 A rare and likely the first printed publication devoted to Assicurazioni Generali, issued only two years after the company’s founding in Trieste (1831). This early imprint officially presents the name, legal recognition, and privileges of what would become one of the world’s major insurance firms. • Statutes and Premium Tables of the Insurance Company founded in Milan (ca. 1825–1830), including printed rate lists, regulations, and a full list of shareholders. • Official regulations and decrees of the Privilegiata Società Pontificia di Assicurazioni, including: • Edict by Cardinal Gamberini, 1837 • Reformed statutes approved by Pope Pius IX, 1853 • Sovereign Authorization with illustrated title page, 1858 • Insurance tables for life coverage • Explanatory pamphlet on life insurance under papal rules, 1838 • Savings Institutions: • Regulations for the foundation of the Cassa di Risparmio in Rome, 1836 • List of 100 founding shareholders and statistical tables of deposits, 1836 • Banking: • New statutes of the Banca Romana (pre-reform version) • Corporate Prospectus: • Statutes of the limited partnership for the excavation of marble in Montignoso (Duchy of Lucca), headquartered in Rome, with capital divided into 600 shares. All works are complete and well-preserved, some with light foxing but overall in solid condition. The collection provides an extraordinary overview of the birth of insurance and finance in modern Italy, with a blend of governmental decrees, corporate charters, and internal regulations. The inclusion of the 1833 Venice publication on Assicurazioni Generali is of particular historical significance, marking what may be the very first printed volume dedicated to the company. An exceptionally rare ensemble — both for scholars and collectors of economic history, insurance, and early corporate governance.