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 parts in 3 vol., 12mo: [28]-1/284, 285/580, 581/988, 989/1148 pp. (light marg. damp stain to upper corners in the end of vol. I and to lower corners in the end of vol. III, some pl. margins cut short, some foxing in vol. III).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, spr. edges (scratches, lack to tail of vol. III).

Later, augm. & revised edition (first 1690) of this famous work on Rome by Deseine (16xx-1715), a Frenchman who lived for many years in Rome where he was active as a bookseller and publ. Engr. ill.: 4 double-page titles, folding coat of arms of the dedicatee Hubert Rosenboom, 3 folding maps and 122 full-page pl. 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 London). - BnF.