[CHARTER DECORATE] MORERI, Louis (1643-1680). The grand dictionnaire historique. Venice: Pasquali, Pitteri, 1744. Curious ligature in Venetian cardboard mixed with modern taste for this study copy of the famous historical-biographical dictionary of Louis Moréri, vast encyclopedic repertoire dedicated to characters, genealogies, sacred and profane history, geography and institutions, published for the first time in 1674 and expanded several times during the following century. 7 volumes, 8 (no third volume) Folio (395 × 280 mm). Coeva bonding in Venetian decorated cardboard, characterized by a curious geometric and chromatic motif of surprisingly modern taste. The lot is sold as uncollarized. (7)