LATIN GRAMMAR IN ITALIAN, 1721, IN HANDSOME ARMORIAL MOROCCO-GILT BINDING

TROTTI, Diego. Gramatica Breve, Chiara e Facile. Rome: per il Mascardi, 1721. 12mo, contemporary full brown morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spine and boards, marbled pastedowns, all edges gilt. $450.

Early 18th-century Latin grammar in Italian, handsomely bound in an elaborately gilt-tooled armorial binding.

Trotti’s grammar promises a “short, clear and easy” introduction to the Latin language. Owner inscriptions, one contemporary. Armorial gilt binding.

Text block recased, binding slightly rubbed. A handsome copy.