L'ancienne Rome, la principale des villes de l'Europe, avec toutes ses magnificences et ses délices; nouvellement et très-exactement décrite depuis sa fondation, et illustrée par des tailles douces qui représentent au naturel toutes ses antiquitez [...].

4 vol., 12mo: front.-[28]-1/284, front.-285/580, front.-581/988, front.-989/1148 pp. (sl. damp stains in vol. II & III).

Old vellum, flat spines with ink title, sprinkled edges (ms. prov. cut out front flyleaves). Very good copy.

Later, augm. & revised edition (first 1690) of this famous work on Rome by Deseine (d. 1715), a Frenchman who lived for many years in Rome where he worked as a bookseller and publisher. Engr. ill.: 4 double-page titles, folding coat of arms of the dedicatee Hubert Rosenboom, 3 folding maps and 124 plates (122 full-p.) depicting nice views of buildings in Rome. Each pl. titled in Latin within an architectural border. First title printed in red & black. 4th vol. with description of the Roman calendar and a general index.
Ref. Cicognara 3698. - STCN (i.a. BL). - BnF.