Picturesque Voyage or Description of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily […]. In Paris, 1781-1786. 5 parts in 4 large folio volumes, marbled calfskin, fine gilt serrated roulette framing the covers, decorated ribbed spine, title labels in red and green morocco, gilt edges (contemporary binding).
COPY ON LARGE PAPER.
Five title florets, a dedicatory epistle on two pages, fifteen bands, 96 vignettes or culs-de-lampe and 305 plates or engraved views, some folded, including fourteen maps (some with watercolor lines) and many with two subjects.
Damaged caps; dull corners; binding of volumes III & IV mismatched with uneven back cover; some foxing and pitting, especially on some boards, and some red notebooks.
COPY OF ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO Italy.
Cohen, 928.
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