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La Termi Veneta contenente Magistrati, Reggimenti e Altro per 'Anno 1792
by Venetian Republic
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About This Item
Venice: Appresso Paolo Colombani, 1792. 8vo. 180 x 110 mm., (7 x 4 1/4 inches). viii, 156 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title. Bound in contemporary Venetian brown calf, decorated in gilt floral rococo patterned borders on both boards; a few bumps and rubbing to binding, and some light spotting and soiling to text block but overall a very a good copy.
Attractive copy of this Venetian almanack for the year 1792. It was prepared by Paolo Abis, who name appears at the end of the dedication leaf. La Termi Veneta was published from 1761 until the fall of the Republic of Venice to the French in 1797. Each issue offers a complete calendar of feast days, postal information from various cities around Europe, a list of active cardinals, patriarchs, and Venetian bishops who manage the numerous churches and religious houses throughout the city. There is also a great deal of information on the local officials who control the bureaucracy of city and keep the wheels of government moving. La Termi Veneta offers a very detailed glimpse of the organization of Venetian life in the dying days of the Republic.
The unsigned frontispiece of the almanack, engraved in the sumptuous Venetian style of the period, illustrates "La Serenissima" with a all her accoutrements of her power and vanishing glory. Very nice local binding in quite good condition.
OCLC cites copies of other editions at Harvard, the Getty, Johns Hopkins and the BL but no copies of this edition is listed.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- Title
- La Termi Veneta contenente Magistrati, Reggimenti e Altro per 'Anno 1792
- Author
- Venetian Republic
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Appresso Paolo Colombani
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1792
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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