In Folio (mm 435x29), 4 parts (of which the second is printed in 1731), each with its own frontispiece: pp. XI, (1), columns 396, p. 2 giving the “Joints” and the “Errata”; pp. X, col. 298; pp. IV, col. 294, p. (3); pp. (4), col. 214, (1 blank page), (2 pages of additions to the text). Vignette to frontispieces, all printed in red and black, inc. by M. Heylbrouck to a design by Antonio Balestra, 67 copperplate engravings in the text (including one full-page) by F. Zucchi, depicting the 12 antique busts designed by Giambattista Tiepolo, friezes, coins, monuments, epigraphs, sculptures, ornate initials, friezes and silographic initials. Modern binding with old vellum, manuscript title to spine, splash cuts. Original edition of the most important historical work on the city, the result of the systematic study of the greatest Veronese scholar of the eighteenth century, a prominent figure in the national field for the importance of his studies not only historical and local, but also in the fields of archaeology, paleography, theater, as well as economics and science: in fact, he wrote on lightning, on the use of money and its lending, on magic always characterizing his works with great modernity and criticism of stale traditions, often taking a stand against the Church. The first edition was published in three typographical variants: in folio, two volumes in quarto and four volumes in octavo; with the same engravings obviously remodeling the typographical layout. Deals with the history of Verona in the first part, literary history in the second, art and monuments in the third, and amphitheaters in the fourth. Nice fresh and genuine specimen with wide margins, sup. corner with crease at beginning of volume, three ex libris to front flyleaf. Lozzi, 6300; Platneriana p. 246; Gamba 2325; Choix: “Premiere edition de cet ouvrage important. Beau et rare volume.”