De Concina, On the trade of the Romans in Aquileja

Jacopo de Concina, On the trade of the Romans in Aquileja, for Nicolò and Giovanni Bettoni, Alvisopoli 1810, pp. 71, 1, dedicatory to His Imperial Highness Eugene Napoleon of France, Vice-King of Italy, typographical mark in woodcut on the title page, wonderful chalcographic portrait of the author placed on the frontispiece engraved by G. Ginanni based on a design by L. Zuccolo, 6 beautiful pl. intaglio prints including 5 reproducing coins, 25 cm, splendid and solid contemporary binding in all spotted calfskin, gold decorations on the edges of the plates, on the edges and on the spine, end caps in fine turquoise marbled paper.

Alvisopoli, a hamlet of Fossalta, was commissioned and created in 1800 by the noble Alvise Mocenigo; in 1810, he decided to equip it with a printing press and appointed the printer Niccolò Bettoni as its director. De Concina's publication represented, chronologically, the third printing in the history of this typography. The work was extensively examined and presented by Giovanni Comelli in his work "The Friulian affair of the typography of Alvisopoli" (1985).

Volume embellished with an elegant ex libris on the front pastedown by an illustrious medalist and historian from Trieste.

Exemplary in superb condition, with very fresh paper and wide margins.

Extremely rare work to find complete.