Lot Details

Description

Dizionario pittoresco della storia naturale e delle manifatture. Ad uso della Gioventù. Compilato sulle opere di F. E. Guerin e degli autori più recenti da Ercole Marensi. Con tavole incise su rame. Milano, Per Bozzoni & Scotti. 1839 - 1845.

6 large octavo volumes, engraved copper pictorial frontispieces at the beginning of each volume, and a total of 95 plates: pp. 559 + 7 hand-coloured plates (out of text) + folding plate; pp. 771 + 20 hand-coloured plates (out of text); pp. 832 + 16 hand-coloured plates (out of text); pp. 777 + 20 hand-coloured plates (out of text); pp. 523 + 12 hand-coloured plates (out of text); pp. 633 + 74 + 137 + (2) + 10 hand-coloured plates (out of text). Contemporary half-leather binding, marbled boards, spines with four raised bands, gilt ornaments and titles.

Dimensions

8° (9,61x5,98in)

Provenience

Private collection

Condition

Some foxing, but overall a wide-margined copy in excellent condition.

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