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Condición: Very Good. Original edition. Octavo (22 cm); 83, [1] pages. Woodcut initial, woodcut tailpieces and ornaments. In bronze-and-green "carta brocata," that is, paper dyed green, then masked with a fruit-and-floral pattern before being overlaid with metallic bronze, producing a brocaded effect. Some abrasions to covers. Rare, with OCLC locating no copies in North America. A collection of verse written by members of titled Venetian families for the most part, on the occasion of receiving the ambassador to Venice, Luigi Pio of the House of Savoy, acting in the service of the Hapsburg Emperor Charles VI. Most of the contributors are more well-known for their political and commercial accomplishments than for their poetry. An exception is Gasparo Gozzi (1713-1786), the poet, essayist, and above all satirist who launched the Gazzetta Veneta, and his wife, the poet and translator Luisa Bergalli (1703-1779).…