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998 [Gaul]
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ANVILLE, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’
- Notice de l’ancienne Gaule, tirée des
monumens Romains dédiée à S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc de Chartres (...). Paris, Desaint & Saillant,
Durand, 1760, in-4, veau de l’époque, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fleurons dorées (mors inf. part. fendu),
étiq. de cuir rouge, tr. marbrées, [4]-xxiv-754 pp. (qqs pet. taches). Bon ex.
€
100/200
Nouv. edit. de ce dictionnaire topographique très détaillée des noms de lieux romains en France par
le géographe et cartographe J.-B. B. d’Anville (1697-1782). Carte de France dépl. par d’Anville,
grav. par
H.-F. de Gravelot
, culs de lampe et lettrines. A la fin: “Table de quelques lieux principaux
d’aujourd’hui, sous leur nom moderne”.
Ref.
COPAC.
999 [India - China]
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ELLIOTT, Robert, ROBERTS, Emma
- Views in India, China and on the
shores of the Red Sea. London, H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, 1835, 2 vols. in 1, 4to, cont.
quarter maroon calf (front hinge loose, sl. rubbed), paper on covers with pattern of blind stamped
repeating garlanded design, blind stamped dentelles on leather borders, flat gilt titled and orn. spine
(sl. rubbed on joints), 68, 64 pp. (foxing spots on titles and some plates). In general fine copy.
€
120/160
With col. frontisp., engr. vignettes on t.-ps and 61 pls drawn by Prout, Stanfield, Cattermole, Purser,
Cox, Austen, etc. after original sketches by Commander Robert Elliott (1801-1875), who from 1822
to 1824 travelled in India, Canton, and the Red Sea. The text is written by Emma Roberts (c.1794-
1840). The plate showing the British residency at Hyderabad is erroneously bound after the 1st vol.
1000 [Italy - Rome]
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Nuova raccolta di 100 vedutine antiche della Città di Roma e sue vicinanze,
incise a bulino da Domenico Pronti.
Tomo I. Rome, D. Pronti, 1790, half calf (sl. loosening,
rubbed, tail def.), gilt titled front cover “Vues d’Italie”, 49 ff. with 98 numbered half-page engr.
views (2 views = 17 x 12 cm; lacking title and last f. with nos 99-100, some ff. soiled).
€
100/200
Nice collection of views of Rome at the end of the 18th c. Nr. 53 signed “Arnolfo Spagnolin” (°1764,
Turin architect).
1001 [Italy]
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Beknopte Beschryving van Italien, behelzende ‘s Lands Outheid, Beginselen,
Voortgang, Oorlogen, Verwoestingen, en tegenwoordige staat.
(...) Versierd met afbeeldingen
der voornaamste steeden. Amsterdam, N. Ten Hoorn, bookseller, 1703, 8vo, cont. calf (rubbed,
corners bumped), def. on joints, head and tail, frontisp., [14]-405-[9] pp. (soiling throughout, tear
in pp. 315/316 & map Verona, marg. soiled and frayed). Soiled copy. Maps generaly in rather good
condition.
€
200/300
Extr. rare edition of this anonymous detailed description of Italy. With engr.
frontisp.
ascribed to
Jan Luyken
(not signed) and
24 fine engr. city maps
, panoramical views or bird’s-eye views of
italian cities s.a. Trente, Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan etc. of which 8 by
J. Deur.
General map of
Italy lacking.
Ref.
STCN (3 compl. copies).
1002 [Malta]
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BRES, Onorato
- Malta antica illustrata co’monumenti, e coll’istoria (…). Rome, De
Romanis, 1816, 4to, quarter calf, decorated paper on covers, flat spine (some wormholes, sl. faded),
yellow edges, xiv-[1-1 bl.]-480 pp. (minor spotting, upper margin of 1 pl. repaired).
Cfr. ill.
€
800/1200
1st edition
of this historical work of Malta by O. Bres (1758-1818).
Engr. ills
: title-vign.,
1 folding
map
by P. Ruga showing Malta,
3 folding pl
. (1 signed C.E. Gaucher showing coins). Sm. collector’s
stamp on title.
Ref.
Opac SBN. SUDOC. BnF. COPAC. BL.
1003 [Netherlands]
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VAN SPAAN, Gerard
- Beschryvinge der stad Rotterdam en eenige omliggende
dorpen, verdeeld in IIl. boeken [3rd enl. ed.]. Rotterdam, Ph. Losel, 1738, 8vo, cont. papercovered
vellum (paper wom at spine), [24]428-[4] pp. (margins stained, some traces of use, tear in 15).
€ 120/160
