(American Gazetteer)Il Gazzettiere Americano, contenente un distinto ragguaglio di tutte le parti del Nuovo Mondo, della loro situazione, clima, terreno, prodotti, stato antico e moderno, merci, manifatture, e commercio. Con una esatta descrizione delle Città, Piazze, Porti, Baje, Fiumi, Laghi, Montagne, Passi, e Fortificazioni. Livorno: Marco Coltellini, 1763 3 volumes, folio (309 x 238 mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece after C. Coltellini by F. Gregossi, engraved title-page vignettes and tailpieces, 38 mostly folding engraved maps and plans, 39 engraved plates, list of plates in each vol., half-title in first vol.; small holes at fore-edge corners of frontispiece and first title-page, some scattered soiling and foxing, donation inscription dated 1764 on all title-pages. Contemporary vellum, smooth spines gilt, plain endpapers, red-sprinked edges; lightly soiled and rubbed, heads and feet of spines of vols. 1 and 3 repaired. First Italian edition of the 1762 American Gazetteer published in London; expanded, with new plates and maps. The fine plates depict views, avifauna and fauna, towns, people, and industries—including tobacco curing and sugar and cotton production—of the New World. The maps are largely based on the cartography of Emanuel Bowen REFERENCE:Sabin 295 PROVENANCE:James M.H. Beale (presentation note from J.Q.Adams tipped in before title-page) — John K. Thompson (presentation inscription by his grandfather James M.H. Beale on the title-page) — Sotheby's New York, 4 June 2013, lot 5 (Acquisition: William Reese)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
(American Gazetteer)Il Gazzettiere Americano, contenente un distinto ragguaglio di tutte le parti del Nuovo Mondo, della loro situazione, clima, terreno, prodotti, stato antico e moderno, merci, manifatture, e commercio. Con una esatta descrizione delle Città, Piazze, Porti, Baje, Fiumi, Laghi, Montagne, Passi, e Fortificazioni. Livorno: Marco Coltellini, 1763 3 volumes, folio (309 x 238 mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece after C. Coltellini by F. Gregossi, engraved title-page vignettes and tailpieces, 38 mostly folding engraved maps and plans, 39 engraved plates, list of plates in each vol., half-title in first vol.; small holes at fore-edge corners of frontispiece and first title-page, some scattered soiling and foxing, donation inscription dated 1764 on all title-pages. Contemporary vellum, smooth spines gilt, plain endpapers, red-sprinked edges; lightly soiled and rubbed, heads and feet of spines of vols. 1 and 3 repaired. First Italian edition of the 1762 American Gazetteer published in London; expanded, with new plates and maps. The fine plates depict views, avifauna and fauna, towns, people, and industries—including tobacco curing and sugar and cotton production—of the New World. The maps are largely based on the cartography of Emanuel Bowen REFERENCE:Sabin 295 PROVENANCE:James M.H. Beale (presentation note from J.Q.Adams tipped in before title-page) — John K. Thompson (presentation inscription by his grandfather James M.H. Beale on the title-page) — Sotheby's New York, 4 June 2013, lot 5 (Acquisition: William Reese)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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