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[Florence]. Reale Galleria di Firenze Illustrata, 13 volumes (complete), in 5 series (Quadri di Storia; Quadri di Vario Genere; Ritratti di Pittori; Statue, Bassirilievi, Busti e Bronzi; Cammei ed Intagli), Florence: Giuseppe Molini, 1817-33, numerous plates, most engraved in outline, many folding, variable spotting throughout, most front free endpaper versos with ink ownership stamp of a crane, with the initials G. M., contemporary half diced russia, gilt-decorated spines (rubbed), that to series 1 volume 1 with loss at head, 2 volumes with front cover detached, several joints cracked (1 with spine lifting), some wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: [Zacchiroli, Francesco], Description de la Galerie Royale de Florence. Reformée, & augmentée par le Chev. de G., Arezzo: chez Catherine Bellotti, 1792, folding engraved plan at rear (dust-soiled), contemporary paste-paper boards, marked with some wear and surface loss, 8vo, plus: [Coxe, William], Sketches of the Lives of Correggio and Parmegiano, London: Longman, Hurst [et al], 1823, engraved portrait frontispiece, genealogical table, scarce minor spotting, final gathering detached, endpapers renewed, contemporary publisher's boards, rebacked, a trifle rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 15) First work: complete set of volumes illustrating the entire contents of the Royal Gallery of Florence, better known as the Uffizi, following the overthrow of French control under Napoleon, divided into History Painting, Genre Painting, Portraits of Artists, Statues, Bas-Reliefs, Busts and Bronzes, and Cameos and Inlays. The catalogues were written by G. B. Zannoni, Bargigli, A. Ramirez di Montalvo and Marquis T. Corsi; the plates engraved by Giovanni Paolo Lasinio (1789--1855). With a list of subscribers in the first volume, many of them English, including the architect Henry Holland