173 - Ferdinand RUGGIERI. A Selection of Ancient and Modern Architectural Works of the City of Florence… Second edition, published and expanded in four volumes by Giuseppe Bouchard… Volume One [- Two; - Three; - Four]. Florence, L'Editore (Giuseppe Bouchard), 1755. 4 folio volumes, marbled calfskin, triple fillet, spine with 6 decorated raised bands (contemporary binding).

Ferdinand RUGGIERI. A Selection of Ancient and Modern Architectural Works of the City of Florence… Second edition, published and expanded in four volumes by Giuseppe Bouchard… Volume One [- Two; - Three; - Four]. Florence, L'Editore (Giuseppe Bouchard), 1755. 4 folio volumes, marbled calfskin, triple fillet, spine with 6 decorated raised bands (contemporary binding). Brunet, IV-1455 / Millard Italian, 118 /// I. Engraved title page, one map, (5 leaves out of 6), 80 plates / II. Engraved title page, (3 leaves), 80 plates / III. Engraved title page, (3f.), 78 plates / IV. Engraved title page, portrait, (1f.)-XXXIV, 18 plates (out of 19) / 2 portraits, (3f.)-XXXIII, 22 plates. Second edition of three works published in Florence between 1722 and 1739, collected here under a single title. 3 engraved title pages (out of 5), one fold-out map, 3 portraits, and 278 (out of 279) plates, including 24 fold-outs. A rich collection of plates depicting Florentine architecture. The title page is engraved by Bernardo Sgrilli after a design by Ferdinando Ruggieri, and for the first three volumes, all but one of the plates were drawn and engraved by Ruggieri. The plates in the last volume are mostly engraved by Sgrilli after works by various artists. Missing: the preface leaf from the first volume, plate VIIIB from the first part of the fourth volume, and the engraved title page from the second part of the fourth volume.