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(Aquatic Fair)
Distinta, e veridica relazione : della bellissima, ed ammirabile acquatica fiera: Che si mostra in questa nobilissima Citta' di [Pisa 1778]. [Pisa: Luigi Brighenti], 1778

6 leaves (152 x 95 mm) laid into larger paper (210 x 146 mm), engraved folding frontispiece by Brighenti of a seal arriving on a beach. Marbled wrappers.

The text provides details of an aquatic fair held in Pisa in 1778.

PROVENANCE:
Giannalisa Feltrinelli (bookplate)

Condition Report:
Condition as described in catalogue entry.

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