MONGITORE, Antonino (1663-1743). General Parliaments of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1446 until 1748. Palermo: at Pietro Bentivenga, 1749. First edition of the collection dedicated to the Parliaments of the Kingdom of Sicily, edited by the canonical and historical Palermo Antonino Mongitore and published posthumously with additions and notes by Francesco Serio Mongiore. The work gathers the acts and deliberations of the Sicilian parliaments from 1446 to 1748, preceded by a broad dissertation on the history of the parliamentary institution in the main European States and, in particular, on the origin, evolution and functioning of the Parliament of Sicily. A source of primary importance for the constitutional and institutional history of the island, it documents the relations between the monarchy, Parliament and the three arms of the Kingdom during the Aragonese, Spanish and Bourbon age. 2 volumes. Frontispieces with typographical cartoon, initials, warheads and xylographic finishes (bruniture). Coeva bonding in half parchment. (2)