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CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Repubblica di Venezia in terra firma. [Venice: 1708]. 2 volumes, oblong 4° (190 x 260mm), 5 leaves of letterpress indices, 1 leaf text. Two etched half-titles, two engraved titles, one divisional title, one engraved table of births and deaths in Venice, 155 ENGRAVED PLATES, PLANS AND MAPS (11 folding). (The folding plan of Padua with margins repaired and slight loss, some other small neat marginal repairs.) Provenance : E.G. (early, unidentified, initials in both volumes). The series on the Venetian republic ran to five parts, the first two, as here, deal with Venice and her immediate environs; the subsequent three, published separately cover Dalmatia, Albania, and Morea. The engravings include 55 of the arms of the leading families of Venice, under the title Blasone Veneto ; the remainder are views and maps of Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona and Bergamo. The table of births and deaths covers the period 1678-1689. Armao 78 and 79, calling respectively for 82 and 39 plates only. Vincenzo Maria CORONELLI. Lombardia, ch'abbraccia gli stati de' duchi di Savoja, Mantova, Parma e Modona, e del Milanese . Turin: 1706. Oblong 4° (188 x 248mm). 1 letterpress index leaf, 7 leaves of text. Etched title, half-title, 8 divisional titles, 2 plates of coats of arms and 89 etched maps, plans and views. Provenance : E.G. (early unidentified initials on title). Coronelli included towns which, by this time, were no longer considered within the limits of Lombardy. There are 17 plates of Piedmont, 11 of Savoy, 4 of Nice, 35 of Milan, 6 of Mantua, 5 of Monferrato, 6 of Parma and Piacenza and 5 of Modena. Armao 72. The three volumes in uniform contemporary vellum over pasteboard. (3)