[MILANO] - GIULINI, Giorgio (1714-1780) - Memorie spettanti alla storia, al governo, ed alla descrizione della città, e della campagna di Milano, ne’ secoli bassi. [LEGATO CON:] - Continuazione delle Memorie. Milan: Giambattista Bianchi, 1760 [-71].   First edition of this renown work on Milan from the origin until 1447 comprising also 3 volumes of Continuazione delle Memorie, enriched by an important figurative set with monuments of Milan.   12 volumes, 4to (242 x 180mm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black and with engraved vignettes, portrait of the dedicatee Archduke Pietro Leopoldo engraved by Giacomo Mercoli in the first volume, many illustrations engraved in the text and 79 engraved plates, mostly double-page or folded, elegant headpieces and engraved initials (a few light stains, some small tears sometimes touching text or engravings, some waterstains and soiling, occasional browning, plate 8 of the sixth volume cropped, plate 2 of the second book of the Continuation partially detached). Contemporary half-calf on marbled covers, gilt title on spine labels, speckled edges (general rubbing more heavy in some volumes). (12)


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