AMELOT DE LA HOUSSAYE (Nicolas). Histoire du gouvernement de Venise, avec le Supplément, et l'Examen de la Liberté originaire de Venise. On the copy in Paris, Frédéric Léonard [Utrecht, Gijsbert van Zijll], 1677. 3 parts in a large volume in-12, ivory vellum with covers, smooth spine, spotted edges (contemporary binding). A much enlarged second edition of this history of the government of Venice. The Examen de la liberté originaire de Venise is a translation of the pamphlet Squitinio della libertà veneta, attributed to Marcus Welser, Alfonso de la Cueva and others. From the libraries of William Maxwell (1676-1744), 5th Earl of Nithsdale, and Alfred Cock (1849-1898), with bookplate. The engraved title-frontispiece is missing. Willems, n°1907 - Rahir, n°2589.