Title: Piedmont and Italy, from the Alps to the Tiber, Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken on the Spot. With a Descriptive and Historical Narrative Author: Costello, Dudley Place: London Publisher: James S. Virtue Date: 1861 Description: 2 volumes. [4], 148; [2], 146 pp. With 132 steel-engraved plates including the frontispieces & added engraved title-pages, most after W.H. Bartlett; 6 double-page folding maps, printed in color. (4to) 27x21 cm. (10¾x8¼"), original full embossed brown morocco with tooling and lettering in gilt, raised spine bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Superb engraved views of Italy, in a beautiful publisher's deluxe morocco binding. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding of Volume 1 faded, light extremity wear, front hinges cracked; some foxing, dampstain to several text pages and plates at rear of Volume 1; very good. Item number: 227203
Title: Piedmont and Italy, from the Alps to the Tiber, Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken on the Spot. With a Descriptive and Historical Narrative Author: Costello, Dudley Place: London Publisher: James S. Virtue Date: 1861 Description: 2 volumes. [4], 148; [2], 146 pp. With 132 steel-engraved plates including the frontispieces & added engraved title-pages, most after W.H. Bartlett; 6 double-page folding maps, printed in color. (4to) 27x21 cm. (10¾x8¼"), original full embossed brown morocco with tooling and lettering in gilt, raised spine bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Superb engraved views of Italy, in a beautiful publisher's deluxe morocco binding. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding of Volume 1 faded, light extremity wear, front hinges cracked; some foxing, dampstain to several text pages and plates at rear of Volume 1; very good. Item number: 227203
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