Author: [Giacomo Brusco]; [Carlo Giuseppe Ratti]
Title: Description Des Beautes de Genes Et de Ses Environs
Description: Genes, Yves Gravier, 1773. Leather. The expanded second edition of this sought after guide to the city of Genoa, illustrated with twelve folding plates of the city. An uncommon work.In French.Illustrated with twelve folding plates.Collated, bound without the folding map to the frontispiece. A topographical history of Genoa, the sixth largest city in Italy.This work offers a brilliant guide to Genoa in the eighteenth century, and offers vivid descriptions on the city's history, art, and architecture.The authorship of this work is uncertain, and is often attributed to Giacomo Brusco or Carlo Giuseppe Ratti. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Spine is a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light marks oto the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned, with a tidemark to the textblock, including to the plates. The occasional spot. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: Description des Beautes de Genes et de ses Environs genoa giacomo brusco topography genoa Not Stated


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