[MALTA] PREZZATO, Pietro (18th cent.). Indice generale di tutte le famiglie nobili provate nel sacro ordine gerosolimitano...gran priorato di Venezia... nell'archivio dall'anno 1451. Venice: Fenzo, [1783]. Rare work, unrecorded at auction (RBH), systematically listing all noble families admitted to the Order of Malta in the Venetian priory since 1451, based on 'four-quarter' proofs of nobility. A primary source for the study of Venetian nobility and Italian aristocracy, providing a detailed overview of the families that attained the rank of knights of justice. Folio, (420 x 285mm). Title-page within woodcut border with copper-engraved arms of Malta. Contemporary marbled paper boards (slight wear). (1)