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SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE) Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, 5 parts in 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, 1781 image 1
SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE) Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, 5 parts in 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, 1781 image 2
SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE) Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, 5 parts in 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, 1781 image 3
SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE) Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, 5 parts in 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, 1781 image 4
SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE) Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, 5 parts in 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, 1781 image 5
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SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE) Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, 5 parts in 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, 1781 image 7
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Lot 15

SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE)
Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, 5 parts in 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, Paris, 1781

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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SAINT-NON (JEAN CLAUDE RICHARD DE)

Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile, 5 parts in 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, large engraved vignette on titles, engraved pictorial dedication leaf, 301 (of 305) engraved plates by Claude-Augustin Duflos, Le Roy, Prévost, Saint-Non and others after Fragonard, Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel, Hubert Robert and Saint-Non, numerous large engraved head- and tail-pieces (24 of Roman vases printed in colours), one full-page illustration of Vesuvius, tissue guards, contemporary polished calf, gilt tooled spines with red and green gilt morocco lettering labels [Blackmer 1473; Brunet V, 55; Cicognara 2708; Cohen-de Ricci 928-930; Millard French 148; Ray French 34], folio (505 x 330mm.), Paris, 1781

Footnotes

Provenance: Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), bookplate. Entering the Houses of Parliament in 1808, by 1810 he was an under-secretary at the Home Office, and in 1812 under-secretary for war and colonies, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1828; by descent to the present owner.

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