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[DA MONTE, Teodoro]. Aggiunta al compendio di tutti gli raccordi et suppliche...in proposito d'irrigar la campagna di Verona, & di regolar l'impetuosissimo fiume Adige, con altri suoi adherenti beneficij , Verona, nella stamparia di Girolamo Discepolo, 1594

4to. 4ff. Woodcut device on title-page, in contemporary sewn-over limp boards.

The supplement (but complete in itself) to Da Monte's Compendio...in which he pleads with the Venetian authorities to carry out works which would remove the superfluous water from the Adige. This would not only be useful for the irrigation of the lands surrounding Verona but would also improve the navigability of other local rivers. This is one of five similar works by this engineer between 1594 and 1600. Some of the relevant leaves from the Compendio (quires R-T) have been bound after the Aggiunta. Contemporary signatures on title-page of Fidele Bonfadino and Stephano Pace, 1597.
Proto-Censimento locates 2 copies; Adamd M1701; not in BMC; NUC locates only a microfilm at Berkeley containing only a fragment of the above

£500

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