Beschreibung:

2 vol. only, numbered IV & VI, vol.IV with 49 double-page genealogical tables (8 with hand-coloured coat-of-arms), double-page hand-coloured engraved map and 20 engraved plates only, most double-page, 7 hand-coloured or partly so, light water-staining to upper margin towards end, vol.VI with 64 double-page genealogical tables (4 with hand-coloured coat-of-arms), double-page engraved map with route in red and 35 engraved plates, most double-page, 13 hand-coloured or partly so, some tables lightly browned, engraved book-label of George Cornwall Legh and shelf-mark of High Legh library, contemporary half green morocco, rubbed, [c.1840]; with 20 odd parts of the same work (Dispensa 119-131 & 133-135, 137-140), 121 double-page genealogical tables (of 125, lacking 1-4 of Malaspina), 21 with hand-coloured coats-of-arms, 19 engraved plates, most double-page, 10 hand-coloured or partly so, occasional spotting or soiling, loose as issued in the original blue printed wrappers, uncut, soiled, 1848-60, some plates with several images, some aquatint, folio, Milan; sold not subject to return (22) *** Extensive work on the genealogies of the notable families of Italy. Vol.IV comprises the Gonzaga of Mantua (21 tables but lacking 2 colour plates), Lannoy, Madruzzo, Marchesi, Marescotti, Martelli, & Massimo families; Vol.VI Orseolo, Orsini (32 tables), Ottoboni, & Pallavicino (32).