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[HISTORY] - BUSSI Feliciano (1679 - 1741) - [Local History – Major 18Th-Century History Of The City Of Viterbo] - “ISTORIA DELLA CITTA' DI VITERBO” Large volume with beautiful contemporary binding in full parchment with double spine label, large copper coat of arms on the frontispiece. With 25 copper engravings, including a perspective view of the city, squares, etc. Roma, 1742. In-folio, pp. XX, 478. Complete. A Roman archaeologist and scholar (1680-1741), Bussi spent 12 years researching and studying to compile his history of Viterbo, the second part of which was never published and is preserved among the manuscripts of the city's municipal library. The sources are archival and bibliographic, but also epigraphic, and the work was published posthumously, one year after his death. A splendid copy. •⁠> This lot is located in and ships from the UK. No export license is required for values under £65,000; above this threshold, a UK export license will be needed. Import duties and taxes in the destination country are the buyer's responsibility.