Itineraire Instructif De Rome Ancienne Et Moderne Ou Description Generale Des Monumens Antiques Et Modernes, Et Des Ouvrages Les Plus Remarquables En Peinture, Sculpture Et Architecture De Cette Celebre Ville Et De Ses Environs. Tome Premier
Rome: Chez L'Auteur, rue du Babouin, 1810/11. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. viii. 426pp. Embossed gilt decorated calf. Raised bands. Gilt decorated spine. Three-quarter inch of back strip to head of spine and small chip of back strip to tail of spine missing. Corners bumped and worn. Some wear to edges. Minor abrasion and discoloration to boards. Decorated page edges. Ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Hinges starting. A book on architecture in ancient Rome and of its surroundings. Illustrated with full-page engravings and two fold-out maps, one of Rome and the other of its surroundings. Minor water staining to top area of pages from title page through page 78 not affecting text or plates except on pages 24 & 25. Some parts to top area not readable due to water damage. Text in French. Description of monuments and sites visited during nine days, followed by a visit to Tivoli, Frascati. Overall in good condition. g. Item #12112
Price: $175.00