AMELOT de LA HOUSSAYE (Nicolas). HISTORY OF THE GOVERNMENT O - Lot 4

AMELOT de LA HOUSSAYE (Nicolas). HISTORY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VENICE. - SUITE DE L'HISTOIRE DU GOUVERNEMENT DE VENISE ou l'histoire des Uscoques. Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1695. 3 volumes in-12, muted green paperback. Illustrated with 2 frontispieces in the first 2 volumes and 8 copper-engraved folding plates depicting various monuments and some of the costumes of the doges and their wives. The final, larger plate depicts the Bucentaur feast celebrated in Venice on Ascension Day, surrounded by the various types of gondola: Particulier, Louage, pinasse, Nuncio's gondola and ambassador's gondola. The second part of volume two has its own dated title (Examen de la liberté de Venise).