Description
‘Della Descrittione di Malta Isola Nel Mare Siciliano con le sue antichità, ed altre notitie’, is the earliest known work on the history of the Maltese Islands. It was written by Comm. G. Fran. Abela after life-long research and published in 1647 by Paolo Bonacota at the newly introduced printing press of the Order of St John. It contained 573 pages and also included in its various illustrations, a map of the Maltese Islands and an elaborate frontispiece by Bonamico. This is a facsimile edition published in 1984, paperback, in excellent condition.














