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Italy - ROGISSART (Alexandre de). Les délices de l'Italie ou description exacte de ce pays, de ses principales villes, et de toutes les raretez qu'il contient. Paris, Cie des libraires, 1707. 4 vol. in-12, granite calf, ornate ribbed spines, gilt roulette on the edges (period binding). Second edition illustrated with a total of 153 plates, 90 of which are fold-outs showing views, city plans, monuments, etc. Les délices (Italy, Holland, England, France...) is the best collection of early tourist guides, and was an invaluable aid to all travelers. Those for Italy offer a precise description of each city, its history, monuments and everything of interest to see (paintings, sculptures, archaeology, etc.). A very fine copy.

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Italy - ROGISSART (Alexandre de). Les délices de l'Italie ou description exacte de ce pays, de ses principales villes, et de toutes les raretez qu'il contient. Paris, Cie des libraires, 1707. 4 vol. in-12, granite calf, ornate ribbed spines, gilt roulette on the edges (period binding). Second edition illustrated with a total of 153 plates, 90 of which are fold-outs showing views, city plans, monuments, etc. Les délices (Italy, Holland, England, France...) is the best collection of early tourist guides, and was an invaluable aid to all travelers. Those for Italy offer a precise description of each city, its history, monuments and everything of interest to see (paintings, sculptures, archaeology, etc.). A very fine copy.

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ROGISSART, Alexandre; de. Les Délices de l'Italie, contenant une description exacte du Pais, des principales villes, de toutes les Antiquitez, et de toutes les raretez qui s'y trouvent. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1707 4 Volumes in small 8vo; 155x95 mm. Coeval binding in marbled brown bazzana, sinewy spine with gold friezes. Tome I: Antiporta, pages (16), 334, (2), 39 plates. Tome II: Antiporta, pages (4), 359, 20 plates. Tome III: Antiporta, pages (2), 302, 49 plates. Tome IV: Antiporta, pages (4), 266, 45 plates.Total of 4 Antiparts and 153 plates outside text, 69 of which are folded, all copper-engraved. Defects to bindings, internally good condition. Beautifully illustrated edition of this important guide to Italy. The work, accompanied by an impressive iconographic apparatus, is one of the best travel books published in the 18th century. The plates, most of them folded, depict city plans, perspective views, monuments, church interiors, and party scenes. Prominent among the monuments are those of ancient Rome; among the descriptions of festivals, those depicting naval games are particularly scenic. The two folded maps, placed at the beginning of the first volume, cover ancient and modern Italy. Presence of maps of Trent, Venice (in 2 plates), Padua (in two plates), Ferrara, Bologna, Siena, Ancona, Rome, Frascati, Naples, Pisa, Lucca, Genoa, Pavia, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Verona, Milan. See Fiammetta Olschki (575), D'Ancona p. 123, Cremonini 65. 4 Volumes in smallo 8vo; 155x95 mm. Contemporary marbled sheepskin binding, gilt ribs spine. Volume I: Frontispiece, pages (16), 334, (2), 39 plates. Volume II: Frontispiece, pages (2), 359, 20 plates. Volume III: Frontispiece, pages (4), 302, 49 plates. Volume IV: Frontispiece, pages (4), 266, 28, 45 plates. In total 4 Frontispieces and 153 plates, of which 69 folded, all engraved in copper. Defects on the bindings, internally in good condition. Beautiful, enlarged and corrected illustrated edition of this important guide to Italy. The work, accompanied by an impressive iconographic apparatus, is one of the best travel books published in the eighteenth century. The plates, most of which folded, depict city plans, perspective views, monuments, church interiors, party scenes. Among the monuments those of ancient Rome stand out; among the descriptions of feasts, those depicting naval games are particularly spectacular. The two folded geographical maps, placed at the beginning of the first volume, concern ancient Italy and modern Italy. Presence of maps of Trento, Venice (in 2 copies), Padua (in two copies), Ferrara, Bologna, Siena, Ancona, Rome, Frascati, Naples, Pisa, Lucca, Genoa, Pavia, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Verona, Milan.