(Europe, Italie) - BLAEU, Joannes.- Nieuw vermeerderd... Lot 245

(Europe, Italie) - [ BLAEU, Joannes].- Nieuw vermeerderd en verbeterd groot stedeboek van geheel Italië [...]. La Haye, Rutgert Alberts, 1724. 4 vol. in-f° : [8] pp., 79 plates; [7] pp., 75 plates; [4] pp., 40 plates; [12] pp., 85 plates (vol. I. : without half title, added map of Italy after pl. 3, small marg. tears on pl. 8, clear water stain in the upper margin at right part of Venice pl. 39, partly browned pl. 43, clear water stain at upper margin pl. 78; vol. II. : engraved title page pasted on end leave, maps 1 and 2 mounted together after textlvs D, without textlvs D2r-v and "Table des eglises", bottom pl. 2 partly split and central part torn away but present and to be restaured, pl. 12 slightly cropped at upper margin, brown stain on pl. 13, clear water stain in the upper margin of pl. 21, pl. 32 bound as 3 separate sheets, slightly browned pl. 45; vol. III. : some lvs with small spotting, esp. at the inner side of some plates, pl. 11 and 11*, 25 and 25* in reverse order; vol. IV. : clear water stain on engr. title page, list of names bound in vol. IV instead of I, without txt lvs A*1r-L*2v, water stain bottom lv C, tear without loss restaured at bottom pl. 12, left corner at bottom pl. 19 torn away, upper margins split at pls 42 and 49, 3 sh. of pl. 54 after pls 54 and 56, pls 84 and 85 after pl. 80). Contemporary bindings : brown speckled calf, gilt stamped board edges, ribbed spine with gilt roll-stamps and title (joints partly split, light scratches with occasional lack of leather on boards, turn-ins, corners and edges of vol. I. slightly damaged, inside board slightly damaged and clear waterstain on flyleaves of vol. II.). FINE COPY of this magnificent Italian townbook in 4 parts devoted to Lombardy, the Ecclesiastical State, Naples & Sicily and Ancient & Modern Rome. With 4 engraved titles (one pasted to end leave) and 279 magnificent engraved plates and maps, some on a single page but most on double pages, and a number of very large folding plates wit