Venise : histoire, art, industrie, la ville, la vie / par Charles Yriarte ; ouvrage orné de 525 gravures dont 50 tirées hors textes et plusieurs en couleur.
XII, [2], 328 p., wood-engr. frontis., dedic., [49] full-page wood-engr. pl. (incl. 6 divisional t.-pl.) : wood-engr. ill. (incl. ports.) ; 40 cm. (Large 4°).
General Note
Despite the claim in the title no colour plates are present, apart from the decorative divisional titles which are printed in red.
Provenance
Purchased in 1877.
Binding Note
19th-century half brown morocco, red mottled paper-covered boards and endpapers, spine with raised bands direct-lettered with title 'VENISE / HISTOIRE / ART / INDUSTRIE / YRIARTE' and at foot 'R. A. / PAR[IS 1878]' (chipped with loss); all edges gilt.