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[GENEVA]. *Historia Genevrina*, or *History of the City and …
See original version (Italian)
81
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[GENEVA]. *Historia Genevrina*, or *History of the City and …
See original version (Italian)
Estimate €150 - €250
Voluntary lot
Description
[GENEVA]. *Historia Genevrina*, or *History of the City and Republic of Geneva*. From its earliest foundation to the present day [...]. Amsterdam: Van Someren, 1686.
A rare Italian edition of this comprehensive history of the Republic of Geneva, published at a time when the city was one of the foremost centres of European Protestantism and a major political and religious point of reference on the continent. The work traces the history of Geneva from its origins to the seventeenth century, with particular attention to its assertion of independence from the Duchy of Savoy, the Protestant Reformation and the consolidation of its republican institutions, providing a detailed account of the political, military and ecclesiastical events that shaped the city’s history.
5 volumes, 12mo (155 × 100 mm). Engraved frontispiece and one folding engraved plate showing a bird’s-eye view of Geneva (browning and foxing). Contemporary full vellum, gilt-lettered spine labels (the third volume is missing its label and has damage to the spine). (5)
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