Description
Italy.- Buonaiuti (B. Serafino) Italian Scenery; representing the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the different states of Italy, first edition, text in English and French, 32 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by James Godby after P. van Lerberghi, lacking engraved sheet of music, title soiled, some other soiling and staining but mainly to text, marginal to plates, a few leaves shorter, final leaf becoming loose, later cloth, uncut, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 164; Colas 2970; Tooley 354], folio, 1806.
Lot 14
Italy.- Buonaiuti (B. Serafino) Italian Scenery; representing the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the different states of Italy, first edition, 32 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, 1806.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Italy.- Buonaiuti (B. Serafino) Italian Scenery; representing the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the different states of Italy, first edition, text in English and French, 32 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by James Godby after P. van Lerberghi, lacking engraved sheet of music, title soiled, some other soiling and staining but mainly to text, marginal to plates, a few leaves shorter, final leaf becoming loose, later cloth, uncut, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 164; Colas 2970; Tooley 354], folio, 1806.