[Economy/Politics] Sacchi, Giuseppe & Defendente: On the economic, moral and political condition of the Italians. Milan, Stella & Figli 1828-29

Complete work in 2 parts bound in a single volume. Format in-8°, mm. 215x140, pp. 267, (1), XII, 214, (2). Complete. Elegant contemporary half-leather binding with gold decorations and titles on a leather tag on the spine. Covers and endpapers in old marbled paper. Edges in blue. Excellent copy, with clear text and slight foxing on the leaves. Minimal defects and signs of aging.

Titles: On the economic, moral and political condition of the Italians in the lower times. First essay on the symbolic, civil and military architecture used in Italy in the 6th, 7th and 8th centuries and on the origin of the Lombards, their domination in Italy, the division of the two peoples and their uses, worship and customs. 2nd part with its own frontispiece: On the economic, moral and political condition of the Italians in the municipal times. On the celebrations, and on the origin, state and decline of the Italian municipalities in the Middle Ages. Two essays by Defendente Sacchi. Old complete edition in 2 volumes printed in Milan between 1828 and 1829 by Antonio Fortunato Stella & Sons. Work of the cousins Giuseppe (1804-1891) and Defendente Sacchi (1796-1840).