Giuseppe Avanci:

Chorographia historica Sirmiensis et Uvjlakensisjs ducatus ab invictissimo et Augustissimo Cesare Leopoldo romanorum Imperatore, Pannonio Monarca VIL collati principi Livio Odesclalki Braccianio duci Cere et Uen. Rec. Jnnocentij XI.

No place, 1699. 4to. 38 + 50 pp.

Later patterned boards. Facsimile of an unrelated portrait of Livio Odescalchi tipped in as a frontispiece by recent owner Alexander Erba Odescalchi. Stamp and bookplate of the latter. Rare first edition, in Latin.

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Giuseppe Avanci:

Chorographia istorica del Ducato, e Provincia del Sirmio […] conferito […] al principe Livio Odescalchi, duca di Bracciano, e Ceri, &c.

Roma, Nella Stamparia di Domenico Antonio Ercole in Parione, 1700. 4to. 20 x 14,5 cms. [8] + 128 pp. Woodcut initials.

Contemporary full vellum, paper cracked along front hinge, a few old ownership inscriptions, text markings in pencil, one leaf with marginal corner tear, very slight occasional foxing. Round stamp of Alexander Erba Odescalchi. Second edition, in Italian.

History of the land of Sirmium, one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire and one of its four official capitals during the 4th century. The city is today located in the modern city of Sremska Mitrovica in the province of Vojvodina in northern Serbia. This rare work focuses on the creation of the Principality of Sirmium by Leopold I and its donation to Livio Odescalchi. Both editions of the book are considered rare. Emperor Leopold I was of great importance to the Odescalchi family, granting Livio Odescalchi (nephew of Pope Innocentius XI Odescalchi) several honor

1683, among them Ilok Castle, the title of the Duke of Sirmio and the dignity of prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

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