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Rosellini, Ippolito I
MONUMENTI DELL'EGITTO E DELLA NUBIA. PISA: NICCOLÒ CAPURRO, 1832-1844
FIRST EDITION, 12 volumes (9 volumes text and 3 plate volumes), 8vo (240 x 150mm.), UNCUT, and folio (721 x 520mm.), plates: 3 volumes, half-titles, 395 engraved plates (numbered 1-169, 1- 135 and 1-86, with plate no.44 in volume one with 4 bis plates, and no.120 in vol.2 in 2 states, approximately 140 coloured by hand (varying from full colour to a few details), atlas in contemporary green morocco-backed boards by J. Wright (stamp in volume one and 2), spines richly gilt, all edges gilt, occasional spotting, bindings slightly rubbed with minor repairs, text: 14 folding plates and 44 full-page illustrations, contemporary vellum-backed boards, titles in manuscript on spines, minor spotting or browning, occasional worming to first volumes, slightly worn
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50,000
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70,000
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