MILANO. MORIGIA, Paolo. Distinto ragguaglio dell'ottava maraviglia del mondo, o sia della gran metropolitana dell'Insubria volgarmente detta il Duomo di Milano.Milano, per Pietro Antonio Frigerio vicino a S. Margarita, 1739

8vo, 175x110 mm; contemporary full vellum binding, gilt title on labe at the spine. Pp. [12], 214, [14]. with 2 folding plates, of which 1 with great plant of DUOMO church . Woodcut initials and head pieces. Editor dedication to Carlo Gaet. Stampa, archbishop of Milan. Fine copy

Rare, important and correct edition, extensively derived from that of Giovanni Giacomo Besozzo of 1694 but increased. It describes the objects of art, rites, relics and the history of archbishops, saints, and so on. of the Ambrosian diocese. A specimen with a large plan of the folded Duomo that often misses. The name of the Author comes from notice to reader a c. [Ast] 4r. Fossati Bellani 2010. For the Cathedral Plant: Bertarelli 2110.