BURIGNY, Jean Levesque de (1692-1785). Histoire generale de ...
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€300
BURIGNY, Jean Levesque de (1692-1785). Histoire generale de Sicile, dans laquelle on verra toutes les differentes revolutions de ce royaume... The Hague: Beauregard; Gosse, 1745.
First edition of this work which, drawing on the principal classical and modern sources, traces the history of the island from antiquity to the author's own time. Intended for a cultivated European readership, it contributed significantly to the dissemination of knowledge of Sicilian history outside Italy during the early years of the growing fashion for the Grand Tour.
2 volumes in one, 4to (258 × 200 mm). Title-pages printed in red and black, elegant engraved allegorical headpiece and 2 large engraved maps of Sicily, folding several times (occasional foxing). Contemporary calf, gilt title and decorations to spine, red edges. (1)
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BURIGNY, Jean Levesque de (1692-1785). Histoire generale de Sicile, dans laquelle on verra toutes les differentes revolutions de ce royaume... The Hague: Beauregard; Gosse, 1745.
First edition of this work which, drawing on the principal classical and modern sources, traces the history of the island from antiquity to the author's own time. Intended for a cultivated European readership, it contributed significantly to the dissemination of knowledge of Sicilian history outside Italy during the early years of the growing fashion for the Grand Tour.
2 volumes in one, 4to (258 × 200 mm). Title-pages printed in red and black, elegant engraved allegorical headpiece and 2 large engraved maps of Sicily, folding several times (occasional foxing). Contemporary calf, gilt title and decorations to spine, red edges. (1)
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