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First edition, 8vo, xiv, 249 pp., 2 folding tables, inscribed copy, contemporary half calf, marbled sides and edges, joints cracked, spine rubbed, a very good clean copy.
£2,500 -
First edition, 2 parts and supplement in 1 vol; folio (45 x 32.5 cm); hand-coloured double-page map by G. Guerra and 59 engraved hand-coloured plates after Pietro Fabris, the plates edged in black with grey washed margins including two engraved titles; contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, covers with gilt dentelles. NB. lacks first leaf of text in vol. I, else an excellent example.
£110,000 -
Third Dutch edition, large paper copy, 2 volumes in 2 parts in 4 volumes, folio (59 x 37 cm); Dutch text; 4 letterpress titles printed in red and black, 4 engraved titles in 3rd state, 4 engraved portraits (one of which double-page), engraved plate of coat-of-arms, double-page genealogical table, 136 engraved maps, plans, bird's-eye views, or plates, together with the additional single-page plate of the monument to Charles Emmanuel II on the Voie Sarde, engraved head- and tailpieces and initials (occasional very light and insignificant browning, a few plates with some scattered light spotting confined to extreme margins). Contemporary Dutch panelled mottled calf, richly gilt, spine with raised bands forming 9 compartments, morocco labels in second and third, gilt edges.
£30,000 -
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, lxxxviii, 231; viii, 334, [ii] pp., 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, folding black and white map, original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt, adverts to endpapers, publisher's slip; a fine set.
£650 -
Second edition, 2 volumes, royal 8vo, xv, 472; xi, 512 pp., 12 lithographed plates, 102 wood engravings, coloured map, original blind-stamped decorative cloth gilt, a fine set.
£450 -
Royal 8vo., second edition, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, map, 25 engraved plates, 23 woodcuts, scattered light foxing, publisher's gilt-decorated purple cloth, spine slightly dulled but overall a fine copy.
£300 -
First UK edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, some minor spotting, 19th century half calf with marbled boards, spines gilt, a fine set.
£300 -
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, c, 530, [ii]; xiv, 555, [iii] pp., 16 pages ads date January 1860 end volume ii., 3 folding maps, numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations in the text, original brown cloth gilt, a very good set.
£650 -
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xvi, 381; vii, 447 pp., 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional light spotting, decorated endpapers, bookplate, contemporary half calf gilt, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label, a very attractive example.
£2,000 -
First edition, 4to, xxx, 276pp., large folding map, 7 engraved battle-plans, modern half calf gilt, red morocco label, light foxing to title, an excellent copy.
£600