Collection of views of Italy.

3 vol., oblong folio (ca. 30 x ca. 46 cm): ± 400 pl. (some foxing and spotting).

Half brown shagreen, marbled paper on covers, gilt. orn. flat spines (joints part. loosening, corners and covers rubbed).

Full- or half-page engr. plates, aquatints or lithos (b/w or hand-coloured), some mounted on paper, executed after drawings or daguerreotypes. Nice and impressive "factice" collection of views of antique monuments, bridges, castles, cities, churches, hills, lakes, mansions, palaces, squares, etc., and representations of clergymen (popes, cardinals, bishops, etc.), lays (senator, officers, Swiss guard, brigand, etc.), and genre scenes. Cities: Bergamo, Bologna, Brescia, Como, Fiesole, Florence, Genoa, Herculaneum, Livorno, Lucca, Milan, Naples, Padua, Palermo, Pisa, Pompeii, Pozzuoli, Rome, Syracuse, Tivoli, Turin, Venice, Verona etc. Full- or half-page engr. plates, aquatints or lithos (b/w or hand-coloured), some mounted on paper, executed after drawings or daguerreotypes. Vol. III ending with views from Austria and Germany.