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[France - Italy] [MAIHOWS, Dr] Voyage en France, en Italie, et aux isles de l'archipel, ou Lettres écrites de plusieurs endroits de l'Europe et du Levant en &c. Avec des observations de l'auteur sur les diverses productions de la nature et de l'art. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglois. Paris, Charpentier, 4 vol., 12mo: xii-viii-viii-vii-[1 bl.]-379-[pp. (occ. foxing, marg. tears in pp. 113-vol. I and to inner margin of p. vol. II, marg. staining to some ff. in vol. II, lower (blank) part of last f. of vol. IV missing). Contemp. marbled calf, gilt-orn. flat spines, red edges (sl. rubbed, def. to upper front cover of vol. I and to lower one, dampstaining on vol. II and III, white traces to some covers, joints of vol. I and lower one of vol. III partly split). First French edition by Philippe-Florent de Puisieux (1713-1772), of an epistolary work describing the cities, monuments, museums, etc. of France and Italy, with a special focus on the scientific cabinets. The first edition was published in under the title "A tour through several parts of Europe and the East" (2 vol.). Ref. Barbier IV:1083-Prov. Contemp. libr. ms. labels.