Les délices de l'Italie. Tome deuxième [- Tome sixième].

5 parts in 3 vol., 12mo: front.-147-[1 bl.]-front.-140, front.-120-front.-106, 209-[131] pp. (browning, light dampstaining in "Tome quatrième", front. "Tome sixième" soiled).

Contemp. sp. calf (rubbed, corners bumped), spines with 5 raised bands (joints split, heads & tails def.), red leather title labels, marbled edges.

Parts 2 to 6 (of 6) of the 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1706) of this rare and classic topographical work on Italy. Engr. ill.: 61 full-page pl., 9 double-page city plans (Ancona, Naples, Pisa, Lucca, Padua, Parma, Piacenza ("Plaisance"), Mantua, Milan) and 51 double-page or folding pl. showing city views, harbours, monuments, Ancient Roman buildings, churches, cathedrals, etc. in i.a. Rome, Naples, Milan, etc.
Ref. STCN (i.a. BL).
Joined: 1. Alvarez de Colmenar, Juan - Les délices de l'Espagne & du Portugal [...]. Tome cinquième [- sixième]. Ibid., 1715. 2 parts in 1 vol., 12mo: front.-[2]-689/816-front.-[2]-817/972-[50]-48 pp. Contemp. sp. calf. Gilt spine with 4 raised bands. 2nd. ed. The Portugal part only, complete itself. Engr. ill.: 2 double-page front., double-page map of Portugal, 8 full-page pl. and 22 double-page pl. showing city views (i.a. Lisbon), an "auto-da-fé", processions, the Inquisition, costumes, etc. Stocklist of vander Aa at the end (48 pp.). Ref. STCN. - Not in BL. - 2. Recueil des voiages qui ont servi a l'établissement et aux progres de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces Unies des Païs-bas. Tomes 3 & 5. Amsterdam, E. Roger, 1705. 2 vol., 12mo: front.-[6]-711, front.-[2]-603-[17] pp. Contemp. sp. calf. Gilt spine with 5 raised bands. 1st ed., 2 parts. Engr. ill.: 2 front. and 15 (10, 5) folding pl. showing i.a. Amboina, Batavia, Macao, Hormuz, Chinese idols and Chinese junks. Stocklist of Roger at the end (17 pp., mostly "livres de musique"). Ref. STCN (i.a. BL). (6 vol.)