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[HISTORY] - Monza in Prints: Illustrated Court History, 1794 - FRISI Antonio Francesco (1733 - 1817) - FRISI, ANTONIO FRANCESCO - Memorie storiche di Monza e sua Corte [...] Opera divisa in tre volumi, ed ornata di tavole incise in rame. Tomo I (-III). Milan: Stamperia G. Motta, 1794. 3 volumes in 4to (280x222 mm), contemporary (editorial ?) yellow wrappers with printed decorations, fresh copies, still uncut and with many quires to be opened (worming to covers, spines fully redone in yellow paper). Bookplates of Henry Philip Langdon, canc. stamps. Large engraved vignettes to titles, pp. [4], VI, 318; [2], V, [3], 316; [2], VIII, 358, illustrated with 19 engraved plates (some folding), the engraved arms of the dedicatee Alberigo XII d'Este-Visconti-Trivulzio, and some other engravings in the text. First edition. Graesse, II, 637. (3 volumes in the lot)