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8vo, contemp. marbled or mottled calf (rubbed).
1. Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aymar - Les délices de Versailles, de Trianon et de Marly [...]. Leiden, Th. Haak, 1728. 2 vol. (title vol. I part. strengthened, damp stains in vol. 1, folds strengthened to some pl., foxing...). Rare edition, i.e. second Dutch counterfeit (?) of the "Nouvelle description des châteaux et parcs de Versailles et Marly" (1st Parisian ed.: 1685 for Versailles, 1701 for Versailles and Marly). Illustrated with 41 (of 42) pl. (half fold.). Essentially devoted to Versailles, the description of Marly occupying only the last pages of vol. II. With explanations on the paintings, sculptures, vases and ornaments, the names of their artists and their dimensions. - 2. Dalrymple, W. - Voyage en Espagne et en Portugal. Dans l'année 1774 [...]. Paris, s.n. First ed. of the transl. Ill. with a fold. map and a pl. figuring a female costume.