Grand dictionnaire françois-italien composé sur les dictionnaires de l'Accadémie de France et de la Crusca ... Troisième édition italienne nouvellement corrigée améliorée et augmentée de tous les termes propres des sciences et des arts
Bassano: Ioseph Remondini et fils, 1811. 2 volumes, 4to, pp. [iii]-xvi, 787; xx, 724; ; lexicon in triple column; contemporary three-quarter vellum over blue paper-covered boards, black gilt morocco spine labels (some chipping); boards and spine somewhat darkened, else a very good, sound set. Later (1884) bookplate of Hugh [Grosvenor], Duke of Westminster, on front pastedowns. In keeping with the Duke's passion for horse racing and deer stalking, his bookplace is adorned with 3 handsome hunting dogs. A nice copy of Alberti's first published and most important work, which reached numerous editions by the middle of the 19th century. Vancil, p. 5; Graesse I, p. 53; Ebert 334: "The last, or third Italian edition, Bassano, 1811, is enlarged but printed in too small a type. Item #43043
Price: $275.00
