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Bibliography. Sassi, Joseph Anthony. Historia...

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[Bibliography]. Sassi, Joseph Anthony. Historia literario-typographica Mediolanensis. Milan, Stamperia della Società Palatina, 1745. In 2nd (404 x 255 mm); 12 pages, LXXII columns, [5] pages, LXXVI-CXIV pages, CXV-CCCCXL columns, [3] pages, CCCCXLV-DCXVI pages, [30] pages, 3-44 columns, [3] pages, 48-64 columns, [5] pages. Woodcut frieze on title page, 2 large vignettes depicting the Scuole Palatine building and the Braidense building. Coeval binding in half parchment with corners, title on spine gusset, red boards. Important first edition compiled by the prefect of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. The work deals with the origin of printing in Milan, 15th-century editions and authors, and manuscripts preserved in the Ambrosian Library.