573 - Champagny, F. de, La Gournerie, E.
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Estimate €150 - €220

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Champagny, F. de, La Gournerie, E. de, Lafond, Ed., Maguelone, H. de, …Baron Visconti. – Rome in all its splendour. Views, ancient and modern monuments. Description, history, institutions… Paris, H. Charpentier, 1870. 3 folio volumes bound in red half-shagreen, with cold-stamped covers and front covers adorned with the gilded coat of arms of Pius IX (with curved bands), ribbed spine decorated with 3 papal tiaras – second cover of Vol. III stained – Vol. I: [2 folios, title page, title], Iv (preface), 90 pp. (introduction and Christian Rome), 72 pp. (Ancient Rome). Illustrated with a frontispiece and 27 plates, out of the text; Vol. II: [2 ff.], 214 pp. (Christian monuments), 40 pp. (Catholic hierarchy, ceremonies). Illustrated with a frontispiece and 33 plates in colour; Vol. III: [2 ff.], 68 pp. (civil and modern monuments), 40 pp. (Fine Arts, Roman School), 18 pp. (Fine Arts, supplement), 28 pp. (Literature and Sciences), 24 pp. (Customs and traditions), 36 pp. (the environs of Rome). Illustrated with a frontispiece, 36 lithographed plates and a map of Rome. A total of 100 lithographed plates based on drawings by Philippe and Félix Benoist. Scattered foxing on the text.

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573 - Champagny, F. de, La Gournerie, E. See original version (French)

573 - Champagny, F. de, La Gournerie, E.
See original version (French)