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Lot 102

MAPEI (CAMILLO)
Italy, Classical, Historical and Picturesque, Glasgow, Blackie, [1847]

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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MAPEI (CAMILLO)

Italy, Classical, Historical and Picturesque, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, and 59 plates, scattered light foxing and spotting, contemporary red morocco over bevelled boards, covers elaborately gilt, gilt gauffered edges, inner hinges strengthened, large 4to, Glasgow, Blackie, [1847]

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Provenance: Gift inscription dated 20 June 1860 relating to the family of recently-deceased New York architect, Joseph C. Wells (1814-1860, designer of the "Old First" Church in Greenwich Village).

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