Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard Vivant de Vivant-Denon: Voyage Pittoresque; ou Descriptions des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile. Avec Approbation, et Privilege du Roi, 1781. 3 vol. in-folio marbled epquoue calf, ornate ribbed spine, fillets on covers with fleuron in corners, marbled edges (bindings worn, qq freckles and marginal dampening, many leaves unbound in volume 2). We have the first three volumes out of 5 of this important voyage. Each volume is complete with plates. Also included: CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER: Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce. 1782. In-folio contemporary marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, gilt fillets on covers with fleuron in corners, marbled edges (binding worn, light spotting in upper corner of leaves). First volume only, complete with plates.

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