Italy.- Venice.- Howell (James) S.P.Q.V. A Survay of the Signorie of Venice, first edition, initial f. with verse, engraved allegorical frontispiece, title in red and black with woodcut of winged lion of Venice also printed in red and black, engraved portrait, armorial bookplate of Charles Bathurst, first 9 ff. with worm trace within text (affecting both plates), some very small worming elsewhere, generally marginal but occasionally affecting the odd letter, trimmed close at foot, a few times affecting signature/catchword and shaving final line of text to B1v, occasional staining, obscuring few words to E1v, some spotting and light browning, later calf, covers with gilt-rule border, rebacked, extremities little rubbed, [Pforzheimer 517; Wing H3112], folio, for Richard Lowndes, 1651.