Description des beautés de Génes et de ses environs: orneé de differentes vuës, et de la carte topographique de la ville.
by Brusco, Giacomo ; Carlo Giuseppe Ratti
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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About This Item
A Génes [i.e., Genova]: Chez Yves Gravier, 1773. Very Good. Octavo (18 cm); [2], 155, [1] pages, and [13] folded leaves of engraved views, maps, and illustrations. Engraved crest of Genoa on title page. Text within typographic border. Bound in woodblock-printed floral polychrome wraps. Mottled edges. White background of wraps rather toned.
Second, much expanded edition of this architectural guide to the city of Genoa, intended, one supposes, for French and Francophone tourists. (The 1768 edition was shorter and had only four illustrations.) The printer, named in the colophon as Adamo Scionico, chose good paper stock that holds the bite of the type and of the engraved plates, which are bright and fresh. The authors names do not appear in the text, but do appear in a very similar 1768 publication in Italian from the same printer, and they have been traditionally applied to the French text as well.
Second, much expanded edition of this architectural guide to the city of Genoa, intended, one supposes, for French and Francophone tourists. (The 1768 edition was shorter and had only four illustrations.) The printer, named in the colophon as Adamo Scionico, chose good paper stock that holds the bite of the type and of the engraved plates, which are bright and fresh. The authors names do not appear in the text, but do appear in a very similar 1768 publication in Italian from the same printer, and they have been traditionally applied to the French text as well.
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- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6340
- Title
- Description des beautés de Génes et de ses environs
- Author
- Brusco, Giacomo ; Carlo Giuseppe Ratti
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Chez Yves Gravier
- Place of Publication
- A Génes [i.e., Genova]
- Date Published
- 1773
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Architecture Italy Guidebooks Travel Italy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Journeys and Destinations;
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
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About Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
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