FERRARIO Giulio – Il Costume Antico E Moderno ( + Aggiunte All’opera…) – 1823 / 1837 – 1841

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FERRARIO Giulio – Il costume antico e moderno o storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni provata coi monumenti dell’antichità e rappresentata cogli analoghi disegni del dottor Giulio Ferrario // (WITH:) Aggiunte all’opera Il costume antico e moderno di tutti popoli cogli analoghi disegni del dottore Giulio Ferrario. 1823 / 1837 – 1841. Firenze, per Vincenzo Batelli. Half leather with golden titles on the spine, marbled boards; octavo, 23.5 cm; 29 volumes in 34 tomes; pp. 11746 overall; very slight traces of use to the binding, some woodworm holes at the spines and endpapers, without ever affecting text or tables, some slight blooms and physiological redness, 2 detached but present tables, 3 tables with small tears, overall a good copy. (2) 1661 plates (including maps, views, portraits, landscapes) and 5 tables, but most of them watercolored in color and some folded several times. Incorrect numbering, as per the index, as some plates are reported in the same map while other plates have a sub-number. The main work is part of Batelli’s revised and augmented second edition, with the exception of the first volume of Asia and of the first volume of America (whose number of pages and tables is unchanged), taken from the next edition, always from Batelli. Complete collation and further photos on request