Donati Iannotii Florentini Dialogi de Repub. Venetorum, cum Notiis et Lib. singulari de forma eiusdem Reip

Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden]: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1631. First Elzevir edition. [2] leaves (including engraved title showing the Venetian lion, by Claude Duysend), 506 pp., [9] leaves (Index). With 7 engraved plates (most are folding, some split at folds). 1 vols. 24mo. Contemporary vellum. Very good. First Elzevir edition. [2] leaves (including engraved title showing the Venetian lion, by Claude Duysend), 506 pp., [9] leaves (Index). With 7 engraved plates (most are folding, some split at folds). 1 vols. 24mo. An in-depth study of the institutions of the Venetian republic by this Florentine author, first published in 1540, written with the hope of establishing a similar, representative form of government in Florence. The "Notes" (second part , pp. 289-416) are by Niccolò Crasso, as well as the final section ( De forma reipublicae venetae, pp. 416-506). Cicogna 1072; Willems 353 (with no mention of plates)