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[History] De Bello Italico, 1750

First Edition

Buonamici, Castruccio. Castruccii Bonamici commentariorum De Bello Italico Liber 1 [Liber 2]. Lugduni Batavorum : [s.n.], 1750.


2 vols 8vo, contemporary richly decorated decorated vellum binding, pp. XX,128, XIX, 122, Liber 1, Signature: b6,A-Q4. Liber 2 Signature: a-b4 A-P4.

First Edition of this history of Italy, of classical inspiration, during the war of succession of Austria (1740-1748) which mainly interested Piedmont and Liguria. It was commissioned to Bonamici by the Republic of Genoa.

Due to the hostility to the Savoy that transpired from the work and the grim portrait of Carlo Emanuele III, the Government of the Republic of Genoa decided to publish it with the false place of printing of Leiden.