BIAGI, Clemente Lot n° 2

Monumenta Graeca, et Latina ex Museo Iacobi Nanni Veneti In-folio (27 x 19 cm), XXIIII + 278 pp, engraved title vignette, includes engraved headpieces and inscriptions, some full-page. Greek and Latin index at the end. Marginal tear in p. 153. Very clean copy. Ms. ex libris on title page. Contemp. binding in vellum, gilt spine, morocco title piece, marbled edges Ref. Cicognara 2652. The Nani collection was created by Senator Bernardo Nani (1712-1761) and added to by his brother Jacopo (1725-97) and was the largest Venetian collection of its type in the second half of the 18th century. In 1797 this remarkable collection focusing on classical antiquity was bequeathed to the Biblioteca Marciana. This volume was printed in a limited edition of 250 Roma apud Ant. Fulgoni 1787