Embossed paper covered boards
1960 · Minneapolis
by Weinstein, Donald. Pasqualigo, Pietro
Minneapolis: Univ. Minnesota Press, 1960. First edition. Embossed paper covered boards. A near fine copy with some slight bumping to the spine ends in a clear plastic dust jacket.. 112 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. 8vo. Number 18 of 750 copies. Contains a facsimile of Pasqualigo's oration (Latin) in which he attempted to gain support from the Portuguese to help the Venetians in their struggles against the Turks. He did not succeed. A well researched and well written account of this important document with background, translation, notes, bibliography, index. An example of the best in scholarship. (Inventory #: 28512)