Pietro Battista Borgo. DE DOMINIO SERENISSMAE GENUENSIS REIPUBLICAE IN MARI LIGUSTICO. Rome: Excudebat Dominicus Marcianus, 1641. First edition. Full vellum, yapp edges, morocco label with gilt on spine. 4to; +6 A-Q4 R6 S-2I4 (2I4v blank); [12], 257, [3]pp. Roman type with italic; text in Latin. With allegorical frontispiece, index, errata, printed marginalia, woodcut ornaments and initials, and device on colophon.

9 3/4 x 7 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Pietro Battista Borgo was a 17th-century historian from Italy. In De Dominio Serenissimae Genuensis Reipublicae in Mari Ligustico he discusses the Republic of Genoa's legal right to control the Ligurian Sea.

Vellum scuffed with discoloration, darkened spine, small stains, spine with faint manuscript and chipped label, upper board with warping; sticker and small area of writing on paste-down; pages with toning and scattered foxing, with occasional tear at margin, writing, or light grime, first two gatherings with light damp staining at corner, many leaves with creases and general waviness, one leaf with small corner loss. A good copy of this historical discussion.