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THOMAS (JEAN BAPTISTE)
Un an à Rome et dans ses environs, bound in 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, 1823

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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THOMAS (JEAN BAPTISTE)

Un an à Rome et dans ses environs, bound in 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title and lithographed vignette title, 72 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Villain after Thomas, some with pencil page numbers added in margin, some dampstaining and foxing (mostly in margins, occasionally heavy, just affecting a few images, text spotted), plate volume in contemporary half calf, defective, text stitched in contemporary marbled wrappers, manuscript title label on upper cover, lower cover detached [Brunet V 833; Colas 2872; Lipperheide 1309], oblong folio (265 x 405mm.) and folio (382 x 278mm.), Paris, 1823

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