Alexandre de Rogissart - Les Délices de l'Italie - 1706-1709

Three parts in two volumes of the six-volume series "Les délices de l'Italie". Richly illustrated edition of the Dutch printer-publisher Pieter Vander Aa. No author and year of publication mentioned, but Pieter Vander Aa issued two editions: one in 1706 and one in 1709. - Volume IV and V: bound in one volume. Volume IV contains 120 pages with 28 engravings (including 1 frontispiece and 5 folding prints) of which 11 have come loose from the bookbinding. Volume V contains 106 pages with 23 engravings (including 1 frontispiece and 4 folding prints) of which 1 has come loose from the bookbinding. Volume VI: contains 209 pages and 62 unnumbered pages of index with at the end an overview of other editions by Pierre Vander Aa. With 45 engravings (1 frontispiece and 27 folding prints) of which 5 have come loose from the bookbinding. In total 96 engravings of cities such as Naples, Lucca, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Verona, Genoa and Milan. The two leather bindings have a gilded spine with 5 raised bands and show signs of wear. Dented corners. The plate of the Verona theater is torn (p. 136, volume VI).

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