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COSTELLO Dudley
PIEDMONT AND ITALY.
From the Alps to the Tiber, illustrated in a series of views taken on the spot, with a descriptive and historical narrative. James S. Virtue, London, 1861. In-8 gr. (mm. 270x206), 2 volumi in 1, mz. tela mod., tit. oro al dorso, pp. (2),148; (2),146. Il primo vol. è così composto: un frontespizio inc. su acciaio con la veduta della Ravine of the Tournanche, 66 tavole di vedute e 1 con il ritratto di Garibaldi (pure inc. su acciaio), con 2 carte geografiche a doppia pag. (Switzerland - The Kingdom of Sardinia). Manca il ritratto di Vittorio Emanuele II. // Il secondo vol.: ritratto di Napoleone II (in antiporta) e un frontespizio inc. su acciaio con la veduta di Villar, Val Pelice, 56 (su 57) tavole di vedute, 3 ritratti (Francesco Giuseppe I, il principe Napoleone e il papa Pio IX) inc. su acciaio e 4 carte geografiche a doppia pag. (Italy - Venetia, or Austrian Italy - Naples and Sicily - Central Italy). Importante opera iconografica, ricca di belle incisioni.Le pregevoli vedute raffigurano il Monte Bianco, il Cervino, Torino, Lucerna, Bellinzona, Ginevra, il Moncenisio, il Monte Rosa, Pinerolo, Genova, Alessandria, il lago Maggiore, il lago di Lugano, Como, Milano, lago di Garda, Verona, Padova, Venezia, Bologna, Pisa, Firenze, Siena, Spoleto, Perugia, Roma, Losanna e tante altre. Cfr. Cremonini L'Italia nelle vedute..,177.Le prime 9 carte con piccola mancanza all'angolo infer.; tavole con aloni solo marginali; lievi tracce d'uso ma certamente un buon esemplare.
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Piedmont and Italy, from the Alps to the Tiber, Illustrated in a Series of Wiews.with a Discriptive & Historical NarrativeLangue: anglais
1861 James Virtue, City Road and Ivy Lane Londond, 1861, deux volumes in4, reliure demi basane verte a coins, pieces de titre maroquin rouge, filets et titres dorés au dos et sur les plats, un superbe livre de gravures et cartes ht , A very scarce book on Italy and the Alps two volume Illustrated with hundreds of beautifully engraved plates by W Brockedon, Bartlett etc, 71+66 cartes et vues
bel exemplaire bien relié, qqs rousseurs
Piedmont and Italy from the Alps to the Tiber. With a descriptive & historical narrative by Dudley Costello. 2 vols.
" London New York, James Virtue, 1861, 2 vols in-4°, 27 x 21,5 cm, engraved portrait frontispiece + engraved title + 148 pp + 66 steel engraved views + 2 double-page colourlithographed maps + 1 steel engraved portrait ; engraved portrait + engraved title + 146 pp + (2)(binder's directions) + 57 steel engraved views + 4 double-page coloured maps + 3 steel engraved portraits. publisher's decorated cloth (faded), as usual some light foxing on a few pages but a good copy. Complete. Good copy of one of the rarer 19th century steel engraved illustrated travel books. The engravings were made by such artists as Bartlett, Brockedon, a.o."
Notes of a Tour in the Valleys of Piedmont, in the summer of 1854. / Added: A Brief account of the VAUDOIS, His Sardinian Majesty’s Protestant subjects in the Valleys of Piedmont. In a letter from a Gentleman on his travels in Italy, London R. Dodsley 1753). Toglether 2 items.
London : James Nisbet and Co., MDCCCLV, (1855), in-8vo, Half-Title & Titlepage + 175 p. + 1 folding engraved map „Vaudois Valleys of Piedmont“, Exlibris Thomas Brushfield M.A. (with devise: ,Fail not’) / private dedication on first guard dated 1888, Blindstamp on title Alpine Club London (cancelled), bound in original blue cloth, title gilt on spine. / Wrappers.
First Edition. Un récit de voyage dans les vallées des Alpes Graies et du Briançonnais, terre d’accueil du peuple Vaudois (Mouvement chrétien. Passé à la Réforme et violemment persécuté, il ne résiste que dans les vallées alpines du Piémont italien). Perret 3210 (pour la première édition française, de 162 p.). Image disp.
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ITALY, PIEDMONT AND THE AOSTA VALLEY, N° 1
Non précisé. 1958. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Plaquette de 48 pages illustrée de nombreuses cartes et photos en couleur et en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Turin and its Province. Asti and its Province... Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
