07-20-201807-21-2018
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July 20, 2018 12:00 PMCalender
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Contarini, Gasparo (1483-1542) The Common-Wealth and Government of Venice.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3117BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 20, 2018 12:00PM

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Contarini, Gasparo (1483-1542) The Common-Wealth and Government of Venice. London: Imprinted by Iohn Windet for Edmund Mattes, and are to be sold at his shop, at the signe of the Hand and Plow in Fleetstreet, 1599. First and only edition in English before 1801, typographical ornament on title, stab sewn with alum-tawed slips and bound in full contemporary limp parchment with polished surface, in very good contemporary condition, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.

This English translation of Contarini's De Magistratibus et Republica Venetorum was first published in Paris in 1543. It documents and records Venice's unique system of government in the period. Contarini composed the work while he served as ambassador to Charles V, and extols the inherent harmony and fairness of the Venetian system.

[fleuron]4, A-Z4, Aa-Gg4 (Gg4 blank & present).
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Estimate $3,000-5,000


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Charles V, Edmund Mattes, London, Paris