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Paris chez l'auteur, (de l'imprimerie de Cailleau), 1785 [- 1788].5 volumes 8vo [200 x 125 mm]: [2]-103-[1], 134, 142, 180-[4], 110-[2] pp. ; 365 plates out of pagination, most of them protected with silky-papers. Complete.
Full marbled calf, triple gilt fillet around the coat of arms on the covers, ribbed spines decorated with gilt fleurons, red and green leather labels, gilt edges (V. 5 without arms). Contemporary binding with arms.
First 8vo edition and second edition (after the original from Naples, 1766) illustrated with 366 plates out of pagination: 5 frontispieces and 361 numbered subjects on 360 plates, almost all enhanced with sepia watercolors representing vases, sculptures, paintings, statues…, reproduced from the collections of William Hamilton, British Ambassador to Italy. The subjects 28-29 of the first volume are printed on the same leaf, plate 1 of the volume 3 is enhanced with 4 colors, the tables indicate a total of 357 subjects from which we have to add 4, not mentioned). The… Read More