Del Regno D'Italia Sotto I Barbari

Venetia (Venice): Giacomo Hertz, 1680. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. [24], 732 pp + [72] unpaginated index. 58 engraved plates, 3 folding maps. Libreria Vinciana (Autori Italiani del 1600) 499. History of Italian monarchs during darkest of the Dark Ages, or the period following the fall of the Roman Empire til around 1000 A.D., a period obscure to even most ardent history buffs and scholars. Consulted by Manzoni in his research of Longobardi, or the Lombards. Each of the plates of ancient kings decorated with emblems and baroque ornamentation. Contemporary vellum attractive. Binding tight. Light soilage at most to leaves -- mostly just age toning. Discreet very old writing below half title plate and backside of same leaf. A small wormhole in upper left affecting pages in the 200s but only a few pages where actual letters are lost, and even these pages reading loss is insignificant. Overall a very good copy.