DUDLEY COSTELLO, Piedmont and Italy, from the Alps to the Ti - Lot 151

DUDLEY COSTELLO, Piedmont and Italy, from the Alps to the Tiber. 2 volumes. London, James & Virtue, 1861. (Piedmont and Italy from the Alps to the Tiger). Original English edition enriched with 2 frontispieces, 6 portraits, 122 steel engraved views all protected by original tissue paper, with underlying titles, 6 colored maps mounted on tabs. In-4°, work in 6 volumes. Text in English. Bound in red percaline, first plates with cold-stamped decoration, Piedmont coat of arms, gilt edges, smooth spine with gilt title. Ex Libris. Complete. Volume I : 48 pages, 20 plates including a portrait of Victor Emanuel II and a map of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Volume II: continuation of the numbering of the previous volume p 49 to 96. 20 plates including a portrait of General Garibaldi and a map of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily. Volume III: continuation of the numbering of the previous volume p 97 to 144. 20 plates including a portrait of Pope Pius IX and a map of central Italy. Volume IV: continuation of the numbering of the previous volume p 145 to 148 (end of the first volume). And p, 1 to 44 . 21 plates including a portrait of François-Joseph I and a geographical map of Italy. Volume V : continuation of the numbering of the previous volume 45 p. to 92. 21 plates including a portrait of Prince Napoleon and a map of Switzerland. Volume VI: continuation of the numbering of the previous volume p 93 to 146. 20 plates including a portrait of Napoleon III, the illustrated frontispiece with a graceful view of the Val Pellice and a map of Venice. Editorial announcements at the end of volumes I and VI. Used condition for the bindings, rubbing and stained boards. Fresh interior.