Castellazzi. Ricordi di Architettura. 1871, folio, presentation copy to Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover

CASTELLAZZI, GIUSEPPE

Ricordi di Architettura Orientale. Venice: Tipografia del Rinnovamento, 1871

Folio (318 x 240mm.), half-title, PRESENTATION COPY with 2 page manuscript dedication in French by the author to Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (see provenance), 100 lithographed plates, each with accompanying text leaf, with 3 duplicated lithographs (28a, 57a and 58a, one cut out and mounted), 6pp. index at end, old shelf label, brown half morocco, marbled boards, spotting, hinges starting, slightly worn

PROVENANCE:

Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845-1923), ink monogram on title and mansucript dedication leaf from the author dated 1872