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77 - VACANI (Camillo)
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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VACANI (Camillo) Milan, Paolo Pagnoni, 1845. History of the Italian Campaigns and Sieges in Spain. 3 vols. in-8 (21 x 13.7 cm) and a case for the maps, half-calf in bronze-green, ribbed spine decorated with cold-stamped fillets, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Third edition; the first was published in 1823. This copy is complete with the maps, collected in an atlas, which are very often missing. It contains 16 copper-engraved maps mounted on canvas: General Map of Spain (1823), Military Map of Catalonia (1823), Map of the environs of Barcelona, Map of the environs of Tarragona, Map of the environs of Sagunto, Map of the environs of Valencia, Plan of the Fortress of Rosas, Plan of the city of Zaragoza, Plan of the city of Girona, Plan of the Fort of Hostalrich, 4 plans on a single sheet: Sn. Feliu de Quixols in Catalonia, Palamós in Catalonia, Tosa in Catalonia, Bagur in Catalonia, Plan of the city of Tortosa, Plan of the city of Tarragona, Plan of the fortress of Figueras, Plan of the city of Bilbao, 4 plans on a single sheet: Lérida in Catalonia, Burgos in Castile, Peñíscola in the Kingdom of Valencia, Castro on the Cantabrian Sea. As the maps have been re-mounted, they are now housed in a second, less tight slipcase made of green half-shagreen. A sought-after volume on the Italian presence in Catalonia during the War of Independence. Spine worn; repairs to the side bands and cap ends. Foxing.
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