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1809Flo540<p>Very good copy of this classic of equestrian humour</p><p>First edition with the improved Thomas Rowlandson engravings of this popular book that went through many editions</p><p>Complete copy with 29 handcoloured copperplates engraved by Rowlandson after designs by Henry Bunbury</p><p><em><strong>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</strong>; containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Strumbling and Tumbling with <strong>Annals of Horsemanship</strong>: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents both Successful and Unsuccessful Communicated by Various Correspondents.</em></p><p>The text has been attributed to the artist Henry Bunbury and Francis Grose the antiquarian and compiler of a <em>Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.</em> In the 19th century the humorous text was ascribed to Grose in <em>Catalogue of the library of the late Sir Francis Feeling </em>1836 John Bohn's <em>Catalogue of English Books </em>1843 Samuel Halkett's <em>Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain </em>1882 D.C. Sapp's <em>The Honey Jar </em>1898 etc. John C. Riely however in <em>The Age of Horace Walpole in Caricature</em> 1973 claims that Grose only contributed the introduction.</p><p>Henry William Bunbury 1750-1811 "drew chiefly in pencil or black and red chalk; but although he seems to have used the needle he was never successful as an etcher and his designs were generally reproduced by engravers mostly in stipple or dot. The three works by which he is best known belong to 1787: <em>A Long Minuet</em> <em>The Propagation of a Lie</em> and the volume of equestrian misadventures called <em>An Academy for Grown Horsemen</em> by Geoffrey Gambado. In 1791 appeared the <em>Annals of Horsemanship</em> a kind of sequel to the <em>Academy for Grown Horseman</em>." D.N.B. His other published works include Angelica Kauffman's<em> Angelica's Ladies Library </em>1794 <em>Bunbury's Illustrations of Shakspear</em> engraved by Bartolozzi 1796 <em>Tales of the Devil </em>1801 etc.</p><p>Full red morocco leather binding by Root and Son spine with five raised bands gilt title and tooling neatly rebacked at some time with original spine relaid marble endpaper TEG book block solid. Interior very clean all plates under tissue guards copperplates with vivid hand-colour. "Capt. Grose" in ink in parentheses next to author's name Gambado on the front title page.</p><p>Engraved bookplate of Cortlandt Field Bishop American pioneer aviator balloonist autoist traveller and book collector on front endpaper.</p> Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
157447005Venice Venetia: Printed by Simon Calignani 1574. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 8 109 1pp. Rebound in full leather with ornate period blind-stamped decor on covers gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Title page with elaborate architectural framing. Historiated woodcut initials. Twenty-three headpiece copper engravings 3 3/4 x6" for each chapter and tailpiece vignettes. Contains author's dedication to Ottaviano Manini and five page table of notable facts Index with errata note. Woodcut on colophon at rear is the printer's device initialed S. C. K. with his motto "The Tower and the Strength of my God."<br /> <br /> Famous work on ancient customs of funeral rites and ceremonies among Romans Egyptians Greeks Indians Scythians Cavemen and Christians by author and cartographer Thomaso Porcacchi illustrated by Girolamo Porro. Written as a dialog between author and two characters praising the talent of Girolamo Porro and the quality of his work. Porro who's eyesight was impaired is also credited with the design of a "flying machine" able to transport many man. Porro also illustrated Porcacchi's 1572 publication "Isole piu famose del Mondo Most Famous Islands of the World." Porcacchi's work on funeral rites known to have been consulted in arranging high profile funerals e.g. that of Cosimo I. de Medici. Text in Italian. Page 51 misnumbered 15. Binding with light wear along edges light streaking to boards. Some offsetting along edges of free endpapers form leather binding. Original endpapers and title page with some age-toning else only minor blemishes in block. Printed by Simon Calignani hardcover
195055275London: The Collectors Book Club 1950. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good- to fine condition. 1/100. Folio. Unpaginated with six tissue-guarded copper engravings. Original green Morroco with five inch black cloth strip laid to covers gilt decorated grape motif across front cover and raised bands with gilt ruling on spine. Gilt top edge. Purple ribbon marker. Title page printed in red-brown. Signed by the artist on dedication page.<br /> <br /> Printed with the permission of the University Presses of Oxford and Cambridge. Contains six beautiful copperplate engravings by the decorated Dutch sculptor Ru van Rossem well known for his sculptures pen drawings lithographs wood and copper engravings as well as set and costume designs. Printed on English handmade paper by John Roberts Press engravings on Japanese vellum. <br /> <br /> A pupil of Jam van Tongeren and Arend Hendriks Ru van Rossem 1924-2007 taught at the Great Yarmouth College of Art while he lived in England. For almost twenty years he was a lecturer at the Tilburg Academy and among other awards was appointed Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 2003.<br /> <br /> Spine and left Moroccan panel on front cover faded with very light wear at along edges slightly more pronounced at head and tail of spine. Some offsetting of leather edges to endpapers. Binding in good- interior in very good to fine condition. The Collectors Book Club hardcover
167918679Augsburg Melchiore Kysel 1679 in-4 plein-veau Trois parties en un volume, reliure plein veau (binding full calfskin) havane petit in-quarto, dos à nerfs (spine with raised band) décoré or, pièce de titre (label of title) sur fond rouge fonçé avec double filet "or", entre-nerfs à fleurons central dans un encadrement de deux filets or avec rinceaux aux angles, premier plat décoré à froid d'un encadrement d'un filet à froid, coins émoussés, toutes tranches lisses rouges, manque de papier au coin de la première page de garde peignée, petite restauration ancienne, Ex-Libris manuscrit avec trés nombreux commentaires sur les deux pages de gardes à la mine de plomb : Baron De WISMES, orné comme suit : Illustration gravée sur cuivre par Melchiore Kysel (Melchior KÜSEL), comprenant 2 frontispices et 241 vignettes dans le texte, [1] frontispice gravé , [1] f., 51 pl. ; [1] f., 51 pl. ; [1] f., 50 pl. ; [1] front. gr., [1] f., 47 pl. ; [1] f., 42 pl., [1] f. (gravures sur bois en noir imprimées d'un seul côté par Melchior KÜSEL), complet des gravures mais avec parfois un manque de papier n'atteignant pas les gravures mais parfois les textes en latin ou en allemand des vers au pied des gravures (restaurations anciennes), MDCLXXIX (1679) [Augsburg] Proprio aere aeri incisae, et venales expositae a Melchiore Kysel, Augustano. Augustae Vind. Editeur,,
19713160FÊTES est une suite de 7 gravures à l'aquatinte avec estampages et reliefs. Maeght Éditeur, Paris 1971. LA PLANCHE N° 7 DE LA SÉRIE, IMPRIMÉE SUR VÉLIN D'ARCHES À 175 EXEMPLAIRES (150 + 25 hors-commerce). Le tirage sur vélin d'Arches n'est pas signé. (Feuille : 45 x 34,2 cm et sujet : 32 x 23,3 cm). Bibliographie: Bénézit 3-117 ; Johnson 152 ; Monod 9290 ;Prout-II-71-05; Lhermitte 487. Note : Pour chacune des sept gravures, Calder a tout d'abord fait un dessin précis en couleur. Puis il a découpé les formes ainsi dessinées dans une plaque de métal. Ces formes ont ensuite été déposées sur la presse ouverte, conformément au dessin original. Les couleurs, volontairement éclatantes, ont été appliquées à la brosse, le papier était posé par dessus, et l'ensemble passé à la presse. Cette technique de gravure inédite a donné une subtile empreinte en relief dans le papier de chaque planche. Très rare et très recherché. —— English description: FETES: suite of 7 aquatint engravings with embossing. Maeght Éditeur, Paris 1971. - PLATE N° 7 OF THE SUITE, PRINTED ON ARCHES PAPER AND PUBLISHED IN 175 COPIES (150 + 25 HC). The print on Arches paper is not signed. Bibliography: Bénézit 3-117; Johnson 152; Monod 9290;Prout-II-71-05; Lhermitte 487. Note: For each of the seven engravings, Calder first made a precise color drawing. Then he cut the shapes thus drawn out of a metal plate. These shapes were then placed on the open press, in accordance with the original design. The colors, deliberately bright, were applied with a brush, the paper was placed on top, and the whole thing was put through the press. This unique engraving technique gave a subtle relief imprint in the paper of each plate.
13 tavole sciolte che raffigurano le Logge di Raffaello, incise da Carlo Lasinio, dimensioni del foglio cm 46x62, dell’impronta della lastra 37x50,5. Rossetti 6053.
17084354Vetero-Pragae (Prague), Wolfgang Wickhart, 1708 ; in-4 ; cartonnage de papier marbré, pièce de titre havane (reliure fin XVIIIe - début XIXe siècle) ; (4) ff., 167 pp., (1) p. d'errata ; 8 magnifiques planches hors-texte de Johann Leonhard Winkelman, gravées par Antoine Kohl.
1872025507Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co 1871 1872. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth Gilt. Very Good . 6 7/8' Tall. 203 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt And Black Lettering And Design Two Blank Front Free Endpapers Two Blank Rear Free Endpapers The Elaborate Green Cloth Binding Being Very Similar To Strahan's 1871 London First Edition And The 1871 Routledge New York Printing But With No Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine And Lippincott Name And 1872 Date On Title Page The Actual Publication Date Of This Lippincott Edition Is Cited As December 1871 And As Lippincott Was Strahan's American Publisher At This Time It Seems Likely That This Edition Is The First Authorized American Edition. The Strahan Edition Has "Goblin" On Spine And Cover In Black But In The Routledge And This Lippincott Edition That Word On The Spine Is In Gilt. 30 B/W Illustrations In The Text Half-Page At Center Of Pages Signed With The Dalziels' Name In Plural And Hughes' Initials. Very Well Preserved Covers Clean All Gilt And Black Complete And Strong All Gilt Still Brilliant Rubbing And Wear To Cloth At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips A Few Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And Pinpoint Frays At Three Of The Tips; Hinges Tight Original Off White Coated Endpapers No Cracking To Hinges No Names Or Marks No Repairs Slight Spine Lean. Display Quality. <br/> <br/> J B Lippincott & Co [1871] hardcover
184488648London England: Virtue and Co. City Road and Ivy Lane 1844. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. W. H. Bartlett. TWO VOLUMES IN A SINGLE BINDING<br /> Quarto. Forest green half-morocco corners and spineruled in gilt. Full-page Frontis Map by W. Hughes & Aldine Chambers. Aquamarine/White diagonally-striped silver-veined marbled endpapers. 120 magnificent tissue-guarded full-page engravings with Historical and Descriptive Text by J. Stirling Coyne N.P. Willis and others. EXCEPTIONALLY clean and Bright after 180 years. Each volume separately paginated with its own title page. Beautiful book. Virtue and Co., City Road and Ivy Lane hardcover
1826ABE-90785021091826 Faust was Goethe's most celebrated creation with international editions in his lifetime and subsequently in films and books across the world with translations in most languages. This is a complete set of the 26 engravings Moritz Retzsh produced as an illustration of Goethe's text; the book has no words in it not even a publisher or date. What it does have is a fabulous set of the original plate pulls complete with plate marks. Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch was a German painter draughtsman and etcher; much celebrated in his day. This is in a way a fine example of what would now called a graphic novel. The 26 etched pictures tell the story and words are not needed. In Germany there were many such books without words and this one in particular influenced the English Pre Raphaelites. This volume is in its original binding with a very fragile leather spine which turns around to the original marbled cover boards which are also in a fragile state. There is no title page or date and no publishing house is mentioned. The corners are leather also and the spine has five subtly raised bands and no title. A much poorer copy of this was featured in the exhibition of Pre Raphaelites at Tate Britain. My copy is considerably better but it is by no means a fine one. It has been used and looked at probably a great deal over the last 200 years or so. The leather is very worn the marbled cover boards are patinated and there is a mixture of hand written names and an inscription on the front end paper. It is very rare in any state at all because it was easily broken up so the plates could be framed. This is I must stress a complete bound full set and as such it is very rare indeed. The earlier of the two dated inscriptions states 1826; but it cannot be viewed as an accurate issue date. An edition exists which has a German title page and text but this is not one of those. It's a bit of a mystery. The exhibited copy in the Tate exhibition was inspected by me I knew one of the curators and it was also without any text. International Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. hardcover
17767597Sans lieu (Paris), sans nom, 1776 ; deux tomes ; suivi de "Les A propos de la Folie ou chansons grotesques, grivoises et annonces de parades". Sans lieu (Paris), sans nom, 1776. Ensemble de trois tomes in-8 ; demi-basane havane, dos à faux-nerfs dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison vert-sapin, plats de papier imitation cuir havane raciné, tranches marbrées (reliure début XIXe) ; (2) ff. blancs, X (dont titre gravé), 302 pp., (1) f. blanc ; 316 ; VI, 319, (1) pp. et en tout pour les tomes 1 et 2 : 1 titre gravé dessiné et gravé par Moreau, identique aux tomes 1 et 2, 2 figures hors-texte par Moreau, gravées par De Launay et Simonet, 2 vignettes et 2 culs-de-lampe par Moreau, gravés par Duclos, Martini et De Launay ; et au tome 3 : titre-frontispice, 1 figure, 1 vignette et 1 cul-de-lampe par Moreau, gravés par Martini.
19145Paris, chez la Vve Chereau, s.d. In-8 oblong, 27 ff., veau marbré brun, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, dos long orné de caissons et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre noire (petits manques, 2 mors fendus, coiffe supérieure arasée, quelques petites taches ou rousseurs, 5 gravures manquantes).
17786494Turin, Imprimerie Royale, 1778 ; in-4 ; demi-veau glacé havane, dos à faux-nerfs dorés et palettes décoratives, pièce de titre vert-pistache, tranches mouchetées de bleu (reliure de l'époque) ; (14), 359, (1 bl.) ; (4), 55, (1) pp. et 30 planches gravées dépliantes.SUIVI DE : "CONSIDERATIONS SUR LA GUERRE DE 1769 ENTRE LES RUSSES ET LES TURCS. Nouvelle édition corrigée et augmentée de plusieurs notes historiques."
8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved frontispiece, 40 engravings (a number full-page) and large folding map; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made marbled slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. navy buckram, gilt back, bevelled boards, gilt top, covers very lightly age-soiled. backstrip sunned (but all gilt wholly legible) else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES. Printed from the plates of Macmillan's definitive Wessex Edition and so including both the expanded Preface of 1912 and the episode of the dance at the hay-trusser's (pp.76-79) present there for the first time. See Purdy p.77.
23406Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1869. In-12, 109 pp. 5 pl., reliure de Jean de Gonet, plats de Revorim moulé, dos long de basane beige, lanières rouges, couverture conservée (quelques minuscules rousseurs, pâles décharges).
66656E-160. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Edwd. Orme London UK. 1813. 12 pgs. Illustrated with a set of four whaling prints originally found in Williamson's "Foreign Field Sports." Bound by Zaehnsdorf in 3/4 leather and matching cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A complete set of four fine colour aquatints depicting whaling in the early 19th century. Fine original colour. The titles of each plate : 'Whale Fishery Plate 1 A Ship's Boat Attacking a Whale' 'Whale Fishery Plate 2 Boats Approaching a Whale' ''Whale Fishery Plate 3 A Whale Brought Along-Side a Ship' 'Whale Fishery Plate 4 Shooting the Harpoon at a Whale'. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
1832ST15199b-e<p>London 1832-58. Quartos. 26 leaves; 40 leaves of text 1 leaf ads; iv 4 256 pp. errata slip; 2 p.l. 192 pp. Four separately published works. <br />Court Album in blue publisher's cloth decorated in gilt and blind; "Waverley Gallery" in green half morocco over green cloth raised bands spine gilt in compartments with central fleuron; "Heath's Picturesque Annual" in publisher's red morocco decorated in gilt and blind; "Tourist in Wales" in half calf over purple buckram raised bands spine panels with gilt floral sprig at center. Court Album with 14 engraved portraits of female aristocrats; "Waverley Gallery" with 36 engravings of the principal female characters in Sir Walter Scott's romances; "Heath's Picturesque Annual" with extra engraved title page and 26 engravings by Ritchie after drawings by Clarkson Stanfield; "Tourist in Wales" with extra engraved title page and 49 engravings of views. ◆Bindings with minor imperfections but all solid and pleasing; occasional mild offsetting or minor marginal foxing a couple of short marginal tears to text leaves bur excellent copies internally the text clean and fresh the plates bright with fine impressions.<br /><br />These are appealing examples of the illustrated works that were so popular in the Victorian era providing readers with glimpses of the nobility images of their favorite literary characters and the opportunity to enjoy dramatic scenery from the comfort of their drawing rooms. The first two works here contain portraits of beautiful women both real society belles and heroines of bestselling romances. The latter two transport the armchair traveller to the wilds of Wales to the Austrian and Italian Alps and to the Rhine River. Although in black and white the engravings are so detailed and finely executed particularly in the use of shadow and light that both portraits and landscapes come to life. In the days before photography--much less streaming videos--books like these brought beauty and imagination into everyday lives.</p>
1926176360Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback books
1926176360Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback
169847512Amstelodami Amsterdam: Apud Abrahamum a Someren 1698. Altero Editio priori auctior & emendatior. Hardcover. good to vg. Large octavo 8 x 6 3/4". 72 344 1 40pp. Indices Errata of Vol. I 6 plates one folding; 4 345-752 60pp Indices Errata of Vol. II 14 plates one folding. Bound in full vellum. Red edges. Volume one with engraved half-title. Both title pages with publisher's device. Engraved Ex-Libris of Philipp Wilhelm Grimm father to the Brothers Grimm on verso of title page volume one. Decorative initials and headpiece. Originally published in 1680 Johannes Braun's "Vestitus sacerdotum Hebraeorum" was the standard work on Hebrew priestly vestiments; how they were produced and their ritual use. The text is accompanied with 20 striking full page one in-text engraving and numerous in-text tablets plus frontispiece by Bastiaan Stoopendaal-Schulz a celebrated Dutch engraver and mapmaker. Penciled note on "The Dress of the Hebrew Priests" on verso of engraved half-title in English. Text in Latin. Binding with light wear along edges rubbed with light line indentations. Red edges faded. First folding plate with two inch closed tear at fold near gutter light creasing at lower edge. Inked note in margin of page 384 of volume two. Some parts age-toned mostly indices. Front endpaper missing back endpaper with small chips. Binding and interior in overall good to very good condition plates very good. Apud Abrahamum a Someren hardcover
174318928Utrecht: Hermanus Besseling 1743. Second edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio 15 6/8 x 10 1/2". XVIII 652 pp; folding engraved map. Text in Dutch. Contemporary full calf with gold lettering and tooling to spine front joint tender. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by Bernard Picart. Title in red and black lettering. Publisher's vignette on title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. This handsome second edition of "Biblia Sacra" is splendidly illustrated throughout with 35 double-page engraved plates of 36 lacking plate #1 depicting the Creation from Johannes Luyken's "Icones Biblicae Veteris et N.Testamenti 1729" as well as 2 folded maps and one folded plan of Jerusalem. This is the first volume containing the entire Old Testament. Binding rubbed along edges and on covers. Head and tail of spine partly chipped. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in Dutch with plate captions in Dutch and French. A good copy with clean fresh plates throughout. Hermanus Besseling hardcover
1715PHO-1978Rouen : Jean-Baptiste Machuel le jeune, 1715. 4 volumes in-12 (160 x 97 mm). 3 frontispices gravés sur cuivre et 42 cartes, plans et figures dont de nombreux dépliants. Plein veau époque, dos à nerfs ornés avec tomaison et pièce de titre, tranches rouges. Tome 1, 7ffnch (préface)408pp-12ff (table), illustré d’un frontispice par Scotin le jeune, 3 cartes dont la mappemonde et 6 planches. Tome 2 ,2ff (titre et chapitre) 396pp-5ff (table), contient le traité des vents (p275), illustré d’un frontispice et 9 planches dont la rose des vents et les cartes des 2 hémisphères. Tome 3 ,393pp,5ff (table), illustré d’un frontispice par Scotin le jeune, 2 cartes et 6 planches. Tome 4, 20pp-381pp-8ff (table), illustré de 18 planches dont 3 cartes. L'illustration se compose de 3 titres-frontispices et de 42 planches hors texte, souvent dépliantes : mappemonde, cartes des différentes îles, profils de côtes, vues de ports (Manille, Bahia, Scio) et vues d'îles (Canaries, Cap Vert), monuments, Indiens, scènes de bataille, naufrage, flore (abricotier, cacaotier), oiseaux, poissons, insectes et une curieuse représentation de la « vache de la montagne ou cheval marin ».
13668Amsterdam Joannes en Gillis Janssonius Van Waesberge 1684 petit in 4 (22x17,5) 1 volume reliure demi basane teintée à coins, dos muet à 5 nerfs (reliure de la fin du XVIIIème siècle), faux-titre gravé illustré à pleine page, page de titre imprimée en rouge et en noir, [2] 339 pages et table non chiffrée (blad-wyser: 17 feuillets), page de titre imprimée en rouge et en noir, 3 feuillets non chiffrés, avec un tableau dépliant (plan du camp romain), et 147 pages (Van de legerschikking en kriygs-tucht der oude romeinen) et table non chiffrée. Ouvrage illusté de très nombreuses figures gravées sur cuivre dans le texte, la plupart reproduisant des médailles romaines antiques. Guillaume du Choul, Lyon vers 1496 - 1560, '' Antiquaire '' lyonnais, et collectionneur de médailles, spécialiste de la Rome antique. Rare. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1744PHO-2162Trévoux, par la Compagnie, 1744, 3 (4) volumes in-12 (17x10,5cm), (6) ff., 394 pp. ; (1) f., 428 pp. ; 346 pp., illustré de 7 cartes et plans, manque le frontispice au tome 1, veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs ornés avec pièces de titre et de tomaison grenat, tranches rouges, 4 planches détachées, frottements, épidermures plus marquées au tome 2, coiffes arasées au tome 2, petit manque au tome 1, coins usés, coupes usées au tome 2, manque de papier en marge p. 11, sans atteinte au texte.
Folio, plate volume only, [8pp., Arrangement and Analysis of the Plates] + unpaginated 'Scientifical Index', 148 engraved plates (some double-page, some folding), small work track to blank margin of first 7 plates, small unobtrusive stain to lower blank margin of several other plates, but overall all plates are clean and bright, cont. calf, rubbed, joints cracked.
