APRILE, Francesco (1659-1723). Della cronologia universale d...

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APRILE, Francesco (1659-1723). Della cronologia universale della Sicilia libri tre. Palermo: nella stamperia di Gaspare Bayona, 1725.
First edition of this posthumous work by the Jesuit Francesco Aprile, dedicated to Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736). Organised chronologically, the work traces the history of Sicily from its origins to the modern period.

Folio (290 × 205 mm). Half-title, title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces (occasional light staining, sporadic marginal wormholes). Contemporary full vellum, gilt title to spine (minor defects). (1)