Messina, città nobilissima
Subtitle: descritta in VIII. libri
By: da Gioseppe Buonfiglio e Costanzo, caualliero messinese ...
Publisher: Presso Gio. Antonio & Giacomo de' Franceschi
Published: 1606
Place of publication: In Venetia
Language: ita
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Social life and customs; Early works to 1800; History
Notes: "Nella quale si contengono i suoi primi fondatori, sito, edificij sacri, & publichi, porto, fortezze, strade, piazze, fonti, venute di principi, funerali, feste sacre, secolari, vsi, armamento, & della dignità sacra & secolare, con altre cose notabili & degne di memoria."

Engraved t.p. vignette (allegory of Messina). Full-page engraved port. of author, leaf [4]v. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, decorated initials.

Includes index.

Binding, c. 1: later heavy paper. Page edges blue. Binding, c. 2: later vellum. Author, title & date written at head of spine. Remains of 2 pairs of ties at foredge.

Copy 1 signed on front free endpaper recto by Giacomo Soranzo, and dated 1728.