ISTORIA DI FACCARDINO: GRAND-EMIR DEI DRUSI [History of Faccardino: Grand-Emir of the Druze]
Livorno: Tommaso Masi, 1787. 12mo., viii, 291 pages. In Good minus condition. Half-bound in dark brown leather with patterned paper boards and gilt lettering. Boards have bumping to corners, tears along the joints, rubbing against the leather, cracking in the spine, a piece of the spine head missing, white pen writing on the tail of the spine, minor rubbing to the paper boards, and leather is missing from the corners. Text block has a "College and Commissariat of the Holy Land" plate on the front paste down, a "Commissariat of the Holy Land" stamp on the first free end paper and title page, title page has pencil and pen writing along with an Ex-Libris, year, and Collegium stamp, a page is missing between page viii and page 1, there is foxing and age-toning throughout, and the binding is partially cracked. Text in Italian. NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More