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Florence.- Ruggieri (Ferdinando) Scelta di Architetture Antiche e Moderne della Citta di Firenze, 4 vol. in 2 (vol.4 in 2 parts), second edition, 4 engraved additional pictorial titles, 5 printed titles in red and black and with engraved vignette views of Florence, engraved head-piece to dedication, folding plan of Florence, 3 portraits (Nelli, Rossi and Michelangelo) and 279 plates, some double-page, 1 preliminary f. from vol.1 bound in vol.2, aside from some occasional very light browning and the odd marginal stain in vol.4 generally crisp and clean, with the odd spot or mark, contemporary tree calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red and black morocco labels, vol. 2 spine neatly repaired and with minor split at foot, both vol. rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2690], folio (470 x 353; bindings 489 x 387mm.), Florence, Apresso l'Editore, 1755. ⁂ A very good set of the second expanded edition of this magnificent work on Florentine architecture. The work was widely bought by those on The Grand Tour.