Language: English
Published by Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, 2017
ISBN 10: 1623367743 ISBN 13: 9781623367749
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, 2017
ISBN 10: 1623367743 ISBN 13: 9781623367749
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 1996
ISBN 10: 0803979169 ISBN 13: 9780803979161
Seller: The Maryland Book Bank, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Used - Very Good.
Language: English
Published by The Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, 1998
ISBN 10: 0873386086 ISBN 13: 9780873386081
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 227 pp. Tightly bound. Lower corners are lightly bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. First Edition / First printing. 5,4,3,2,1. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.
Language: English
Published by London, MacDonald & Co, 1970
ISBN 10: 0356034984 ISBN 13: 9780356034980
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 207 pages; Description: 207 p. 23 cm. Subjects: France --Economic conditions --1945-. France --Social conditions. Notes: Originally published as Ciel et terre. Paris, Editions Denoel, 1970. 1 Kg.
Language: English
Published by London, MacDonald & Co, 1970
ISBN 10: 0356034984 ISBN 13: 9780356034980
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 207 pages; Description: 207 p. 23 cm. Subjects: France --Economic conditions --1945-. France --Social conditions. Notes: Originally published as Ciel et terre. Paris, Editions Denoel, 1970. 1 Kg.
Published by The American Mercury, Inc Lawrence E Spivak, New York, NY, 1949
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Bill Stone (cover photo) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 14 # 72 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1949. Contains stories by Edgar A Poe (The Black Cat), Roy Vickers (The Million-to-One Chance), Wilbur Daniel Steele (Dust to Dust), Jacques Futrelle (?), Barry Perowne (Forget-Me-Knot), Hugh Walpole (The Etching), Melville Davisson Post (The Forgotten Witness), Richard Sherman (He Will Never Know), Oliver La Farge (Haunted Ground), I J Jay (The Gewgaw Murder), Maurice Leblanc (The Twelve Little Pickaninnies, and others. Light wear at the edges. Light browning to the pages. A very good copy.
Language: English
Published by Academic Press, San Diego, 1997
ISBN 10: 0124359558 ISBN 13: 9780124359550
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A nice, bright copy. ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 0.9 inches; 354 pages.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. With previous owner's name, otherwise a fine, as new, hardcover first edition copy, no DJ, blue spine. 354 pages with index.
Published by Hachette, Paris, 1967
Seller: Bouquinerie "Rue du Bac", GOMMERVILLE, France
First Edition
Cuir. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. 296 pages sur papier vergé édition et papier couché des papeteries de Guyenne Prache, dans la collection "Génies et réalités". Nombreuses reproductions de photographies, documents, peintures, en noir et blanc dans le texte, ou contrecollés en couleurs en hors-texte. TABLE DES MATIERES : "Hugo" par Jacques de Lacretelle, "Le Romantique" par Pierre Moreau, "Le Dramatique" par Pierre-Aimé Touchard, "Le Lyrique" par Gilbert Sigaux, "Le Romancier populaire" par Roger Ikor, "Le Visionnaire" par Paul Zumthor, "Le Politique" par Henri Guillemin, "L'Homme" par André Maurois, "Hugo, en somme" par Claude Roy, séquences illustrées : "L'Homme Hugo : volonté et passion", "Le Plus grand des romantiques", "Le Pacte d'amour d'une ville et d'un poète", "Un Ecrivain à la rencontre de l'histoire". 296 p. Livre.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City, NY, 1964
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition Thus. First US edition, hardcover, has a slight skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, moderate rubbing to the covers with light wear to their edges, a previous owner's name penned to the front fly leaf, and their heavy underlining with some marginalia in black ink to the first 53 pages of text. Overall, a solid, Good only copy in a price-clipped, Near Very Good dust jacket, which has bumps with creased tears and peeling to the spine ends and corners, wear with a few creased tears to the edges, sunning to the spine and the edge of the rear flap, and rubbing across the panels. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.
Published by Roussan Editeur, Pointe Claire, Quebec, 1991
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 120 pp. Illus. Spine bumped. Jacket has edgewear. Jacket creased at lower edge, small tear along fore-edge. Published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the municipality, the book highlights the works of 25 of its prominent artists. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
Language: English
Published by 5 Continents Editions, 2020
ISBN 10: 887439943X ISBN 13: 9788874399437
Seller: Don Kelly Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 271pp. Colour plates.
Published by Constable, London, 1959
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Essays collected on behalf of the Crime Writer's Association. Pages faintly tanned with the previous owner's name on the front pastedown. Jacket lightly rubbed with a bit of wear at the edges, including a 1" tear and chip to the upper front panel near the spine, in new Brodart.
Language: French
Published by Musée des Antiquites nationales de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1992
ISBN 10: 2711825752 ISBN 13: 9782711825752
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Text is in French. Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean pages and inside covers. Contains colour plates (full page illustrations) and black and white illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Previous owner's name, Kerry Downes, in pencil at the front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 2711825752. ISBN/EAN: 9782711825752. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 19122031051. All our books are sent by tracked mail.
Cartonnée toilée, gris perle. Condition: Très bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Bon. Bruggmann Maximilien (illustrator). Edition originale. Belle édition originale. Reliée cartonnée gris perle avec décor de feuille d'érable gravée en creux. Cartes sur plats intérieurs. Nombreuses photographies couleurs. Etat parfait extérieur et intérieur. Les ouvrages de cette collection publiée par Silva sont particulièrement intéressants et recherchés car ils livrent un aperçu historique et photographique très bien documenté d'une contrée du globe qui a beaucoup évolué (et pas toujours dans le bon sens!) depuis cette parution.
Seller: Saul54, Lynn, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Academic Press (2001). New Hardcover. 9.4"x6.3"x1.25". beh46961.
Publication Date: 1961
Seller: Librairie Diona, Lattes, France
First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. In-8° broché, paginé de 325 à 496 - Articles originaux : Présence de l'ancienne Égypte. - A propos du "Temple de l'Homme". - Entretien avec "Pythéas". - Le Temple dans l'Homme et l'Homme dans le Monde. - Allocution de Stockholm. - La Figure. - Ifriqya. - Poèmes. - Poèmes. - Ce tant louable labeur de traduire. - A partir des proses de Jouve.
Published by London: Poetry and Poverty, 1951
Seller: Benedict Wilson Books, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.40. Publisher's grey card wraps printed in yellow and black to upper, with printed price of thirty five cents/two shillings to upper. Ownership to verso of front cover, toned to edges. Binding a little marked and worn. Very good.
Publication Date: 1968
Seller: Librairie Diona, Lattes, France
First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. IN-8 broché, 192 pages. Sommaire : Henri Michaux: Tempérament de nuit, Pages 193-215 --- Henri Guillemin: Pas si simple, Claudel, Pages 216-238 --- James R. Lawler: Valéry et Claudel, Pages 239-261 --- Jean Follain: Poèmes, Pages 262-265 --- Jacques-Pierre Amette: Un matin frais, Pages 266-276 --- Paul Claudel: Journal, Pages 277-293 --- Jacques Réda: André Frénaud, Pages 294-298 --- Claude Roy: Raymond Queneau, Pages 299-302 --- Jean-Claude Schneider: Lectures de Kafka, Pages 303-307 --- Dominique Noguez: Pavane pour un Festival défunt (Fin), Pages 308-319 --- Marcel Schneider: Anthologie de la poésie turque, par Nimet Arsik (Gallimard), Pages 320-322 --- Claude Michel Cluny: Sans feu ni lieu, par Georges Haldas (Éditions Rencontre), Pages 322-323 --- Émile Simon: La Mort des autres, par Jean Guéhenno (Grasset), Pages 323-326 --- Pierre Chappuis: L'entretien des muses, par Philippe Jaccottet (Gallimard), Pages 326-327 --- Roger Judrin: Demain une Église sans prêtres?, par Jacques Duquesne (Grasset), Pages 328-329 --- Georges Auclair: La Jeune Géante, par Jean Blot (Gallimard), Pages 330-332 --- Patrick de Rosbo: L'encerclé vif, par Michel Boldoduc (Gallimard), Pages 332-334 --- Jacques Bersani: La Place de l'Étoile, par Patrick Modiano (Gallimard), Pages 334-335 --- Michèle Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens: Chant de la femme du combattant, par Dang Tran Con et Phan Huy Ich (Gallimard), Pages 336-338 --- Jean Pérol: Le marin rejeté par la mer, par Yukio Mishima (Gallimard), Pages 338-341 --- Claude Michel Cluny: La Ferme, par John Updike (Éditions du Seuil), Pages 341-342 --- Renée Boullier: Tapisseries des Maisons royales d'Espagne (Bordeaux), Pages 343-344 --- Bernard Savoy: Création du Centre national d'Art contemporain (C.N.A.C.), Pages 344-345 --- Dominique Noguez: La Cina è vicina, de Marco Bellocchio, Pages 346-347 --- Jacques-Pierre Amette: Le Cameraman, de Buster Keaton, Pages 347-348 --- Claude Michel Cluny: Argyne et les gypaètes, de Louis Foucher (Seghers), Pages 348-349 --- Jacques-Pierre Amette: L'Ami, par Bruno Gay-Lussac (Gallimard), Pages 349-349 --- Bernard Savoy: Le soldat sans tambour, par Jean-Philippe Simonne (Flammarion), Pages 350-350 --- Jacques-Pierre Amette: Les enfants et les fous, par Erich Fried (Gallimard), Pages 350-350 --- Jean Pfeiffer: Trois petites méditations, Pages 351-356 --- Jean-Philippe Simonne: Le voyage à Paris, Pages 357-365 --- Henri-Jean Schubnel: Namaskard, Pages 366-369 --- Odile Naudin: Aube, Pages 370-377 --- Yves Denis: Les Lamentations de la du Ryer de Saint-Cloud, Pages 378-384.
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0198295707 ISBN 13: 9780198295709
Seller: Prometei Books, New Rochelle, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. From publisher's library. No marking on the jacket, library marking on spine. Bookplate on inside cover and library stamp, otherwise book is new, never read, pages clean and crisp, spine unbroken. 0423C.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 237, 23 plates. Original publisherÕs yellow cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Very good indeed in slightly used, very good dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1964
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st American edition. 1st American edition, 1964. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 237 pp., bound in publishers black cloth with illustrated dust jacket, $4.95. Very minor soiling and fading to dust jacket, age toning to end papers. Text is unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.
Published by Hachette, 1967
Seller: Ma petite bibliothèque, Deauville, France
First Edition
Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. Collection Génies et Réalités. Reliure molletonnée en bauxine vert bouteille sous jaquette rhodoïd imprimée et étui carton. 296 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir/blanc et en couleurs, in-texte ou contrecollées. Achevé d'imprimer le 29 avril 1967. 16 x 25 x 3,8 cm. 913g.
Seller: Okmhistoire, St Rémy-des-Monts, SARTH, France
First Edition
Couverture rigide. Condition: Neuf. Edition originale. Paris , 1992 . 1 Volume/1. -- Comme Neuf -- Reliure éditeur cartonnée sous jaquette illustrée. Format in-4°( 28 x 21 cm )(.2500 gr ). -------- 576 pages avec 385 illustrations dont 25 en couleur. ************************* Présentation éditeur : "" Surnommé le "Poussin hollandais", Gérard de Lairesse fut formé dans le milieu franco-italien de Bertholet Flémal. Installé à Amsterdam, il va créer un art hautement intellectuel, jouant de la culture antique et de l'allégorie, essentiellement destiné à de riches matchands, à des lettrés ou au prince d'Orange-Nassau, futur Guillaume III. Peintre fécond, dessinateur de talent, l'un des plus grands graveurrs de son temps, théoricien., telles sont les diverses facettes d'un homme tout entier voué à son art. Cet ouvrage met en lumière une période fondamentale de l'histoire de l'art hollandais, celle de la transistion entre XVIIe et le XVIIIe siècle, et constitue donc une source fondamentale pour al connaissance de l'art européen de cette époque. "" *********************.
Language: French
Published by Organe semestriel du fonds européen Léon Degrelle, 1998
Seller: D'un livre à l'autre, Piétrebais, BE, Belgium
First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. RARE - Troisième année n°3 - 206 p. - Nombreuses Ill. N/B - Sommaire : Un message du Chef nous parvient avec cinquante ans de retard- Dernier message aux "Bourguignons" - Lettre adressée d'Allemagne, à Léon Degrelle - L'affaire Demol- Vigneron - "Feldpost" - "Lajeune Europe" - Le camp Marie de Bourgogne - "Espoir" - Communion solenelle - De Louis Boumal à Léon Degrelle - Voir grand - La chanson du jour : "Je l'ai dit à Degrel'" - 1848-1998 Cent cinquantième anniversaire de l'abolition de l'esclavage - En marge de l'exposition René Magritte - Florilège Wallon - Adieu Gil.
couverture souple. Jean-claude Simoën | Paris 1978 | 15.50 x 24 cm | broché | Edition originale pour laquelle il n'a pas été tiré de grands papiers. Agréable exemplaire. Iconographie. Envoi autographe daté de 1995 et signé de Jacques Mény à Claude Schneeberg : ". en cette année du centenaire de Giono.". Nous joignons également un bristol autographe de remerciement de Jacques Mény au même. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Handsome copy. Iconography. Autograph inscription dated 1995 and signed by Jacques Mény to Claude Schneeberg: ". en cette année du centenaire de Giono.". We also include an autograph thank-you card from Jacques Mény to the same recipient. *.
Language: French
Published by Paris, 1842
Seller: Jean-Pierre AUBERT, Quiberon, France
First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. [Paris, impr. Béthume et Plon], 1842 ; 1 plaquette in-8, 30 pp., 29 figures dans le texte, broché, couverture muette (papier marbré XIXe s.), rares rousseurs, très bon état. Tirage à part très rare. Jean Jacques Joseph Leroy d'Étiolles (1798-1860) est l'auteur d'inventions ingénieuses et de perfectionnements opératoires, surtout pour le traitement des maladies de l'appareil génito-urinaire (en particulier il prit une part importante dans la découverte de la lithotritie et fut reconnu par l'Académie des Sciences comme l'inventeur des premiers instruments lithotriptiques). Il expose ici les divers procédés opératoires qu'il imagina pour traiter les fistules vésico-vaginales, alors très difficiles à traiter. La cystoplastie par glissement ne fut créée, par Jobert de Lamballe, que trois ans plus tard. Cette publication présente l'avantage d'être abondamment illustrée. REFERENCES: Patterson, The Zeis index and history of plastic surgery (The McDowell series, vol. I), 2329 ; Ricci, One Hundred Years of Gynaecology, 1800-1900, p. 120: Ricci JV: One Hundred Years of Gynaecology, 1800-1900, p. 120: "As far back as 1834, Jobert de Lamballe had attempted to repair genital fistulae by transplanting flaps from the labia majora, buttocks. or thighs to the freshened edges of the fistula and fastening them there by stitches. This operation was known as elythroplasty or cystoplasty. This method was modified by Velpeau and by J.J. Leroy d'Etiolles, who dissected a flap from the posterior vaginal wall (1842). But despite Malgaigne's favorable comment, the operation was eventually abandoned. In 1847, de Lmballe invented another method."; G. Androutsos, Le 'prince de la chirurgie', Antoine Jobert de Lamballe (1799-1867) et la première cure radicale des fistules vésico-vaginales par sa méthode de cystoplastie, Prog Urol, 2003, 13, 707-710 : "Leroy d'Etiolles (1798-1860) modifia le procédé de Velpeau, en taillant un lambeau quadrilatère à base supérieure, aux dépens de la paroi postérieure du vagin et en le roulant sur lui-même, pour appliquer sa surface saignante contre les bords de la fistule.".
Published by Antwerp, H. Thieullier, 1694
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster First Edition
Condition: Good. Folio. Contemorary calf, gilt spine on raised bands, restored. 39.5 x 26.5 cm. [4 with frontisp.]-viii pp., 107 pl. of which some double-paged or folding (marg. tear pl. Genap and Carloo, pl. Rixensart part. missing, pl. "Vue et perspective de la maison et jardin du vicomte de la Vuere et Duysberg" printed on pl. Thielen).OCLC 902323684.First edition of the famous extensive work on the castles and manor houses, and principal monasteries and abbeys in the province of Brabant by Jacques Le Roy (1633-1719). This copy has the usual 83 full-page, double or folding plates depicting 143 views of monuments or castles, each with the coat of arms of the owners. It also comprises the often recurring 21 plates with Visscher's map of Brabant and panoramic views and plans of Antwerp, Brussels, Leuven and 's-Hertogenbosch., it also includes: several plates by Wenceslaus Hollar (Pennington nos. 824, 850, 886, 894) incl. Antwerp Cathedral, Groenendael Abbey; Rothendael Abbey, Tongerloo; Antverpien turris ecclesiae cathedralis. Engraved by Gillis Hendricx. - 2. Le chateau de l'anciene famille de Spangen en Hollande. - 3. Conventus FF. Minorum S. Francisci Capucinorum extractus Bruxellis. In addition this copy has the frontispiece after Abraham van Diepenbeke, the "schema metallorum" for the identification of the coat of arms. Plates are engraved by Jacobus Harrewijn, Henri Cause, Gaspar Bouttats and others after Lucas Vosterman, de Cröes, G. de Bruyn, A. Santvoort, R. Whitehand. Ref. BB III:842-847.
Published by Paris. [Jean-Baptiste Delafosse.] M. CC. LXXXI [-M. CC. LXXXVI.] [1781-1786], 1786
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Good. Folio. 5 volumes. 53 x 34.5 cm. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine with 7 raised bands and paper covered boards; some defects at the extremities of the spine and corners. Very good with a few defective pages.First state before the medalS and phallic images. 278 plates with one or two engravings per plate, 13 maps and a plan. Lacking 3 plates, the title page and the half title in volume 4. Collation:2f.)-(1f.gr.)-XIII-(1f.)-252-47 pl.-3 cartes-1 plan / II. (2f.)-XXVIII-283-1 et 3 f. aux pages 78 et 108-81 pl.-2 cartes / III. (2f.)-IV-XL-130-6-(3f., manquantici)-22-131 à 201-58 (sur 61) pl.-4 cartes / IV.(2f.)-II-XVIII-266-(2f.)-68 pl.-3 cartes / V. (2f.)-IV-(1f.)-267 à 429-21 pl.-1 carte-Expertise by :Emmanuel LHERMITTEAssesseur de la Commission de conciliation et d'expertise douanièreMembre de la Compagnie Nationale des ExpertsAssisté de Stéphanie MARTINBrunet V, 55-56; Cohen-de Ricci 928-929; Gordon Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 34; Blackmer, 1473; Cohen, 928; Graesse, VI-1er-225 ; OCLC Number: 503910302.Illustrations of views in Italy and Sicily, buildings, events (such as the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, and various festivals), works of art, etc.; decorative vignettes; maps and plans; engraved dedication.The "Voyage Pittoresque" was one of the most celebrated illustrated books of the eighteenth century. For the genesis of the project, see Antony Griffiths, "The Contract between Laborde and Saint-Non for the Voyage Pittoresque de Naples et de Sicile", Print Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 4 (December 1988), pp. 408-414. The text for the four volumes in the series was published between 1781 and 1786; the plates were issued in livraisons from March 1778 onwards.JIoli Vingopoulou: Jean-Claude Richard, abbé de Saint-Non (1727-1791) was a French clergyman, engraver and painter. He was exiled from Paris for political reasons and lived from then onwards in Poitiers. EventuAlly, he made the choice to devote himself to his artistic interests (art, archaeology and music), and thus resigned from his public office as a judge. After 1759 Saint-Non lived in England for some time, and later moved to Italy (1759-1761). He traveled to Naples and Sicily with painter Fragonard and H. Robert. He released first his drawings of the monuments of Rome, which soon won over the public; thus, in 1777 he was able to publish his account and drawings of the "enchanting" journey to Magna Graecia. After ensuring financial support from sponsors, he prepared this five-volume work with enthusiasm, in spite of the difficulties which arose (1781-1786). The chronicle is comprised of Saint-Non's texts (a review of the history of Southern Italy and studies on Naples, Pompey, Herculanum and their neighbouring areas), and the corresponding plates. Two of the volumes are dedicated to Sicily.Édition ORIGINALE et premier tirage de ce superbe voyage décrivant lesRoyaumes de Naples et de Sicile, l'un des premiers beaux ouvrages de ce genrequi ait paru en France (Brunet).L'entreprise est due pour le texte à Jean-Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non, néà Paris en 1727 et mort en 1791, qui conçut le projet de cette édition sousl'impulsion de Benjamin de Laborde, auteur de la Description générale etparticulière de la France. L'ouvrage forme d'ailleurs le pendant de ce dernier,pour l'Italie du sud. Saint-Non chargea Vivant Denon d'entreprendre un voyage enItalie du Sud, accompagné de brillants artistes et savants, afin d'en rapporter eséléments nécessaires à la réalisation de cet ouvrage. L'édition de ce voyage estl'une des plus vastes entreprises de ce genre qui aient été tentées au XVIIIesiècle.La rédaction de l'ouvrage est également due à d'autres écrivains, notammentChamfort pour le précis historique sur Naples et la Sicile, Vivant Denon pour ladescription de la Sicile, Deodat de Dolomieu pour la partie minéralogique,Faujas de Saint-Fond pour la géologie, Romé de l'Isle pour l'histoire naturelle,d'Ennery pour la numismatie?L'illustration comprend en tout 5 fleurons de titres, un épître dédicatoire à laReine dessiné et gravé par l'auteur, 13 entêtes, 101 culs-de-lampe, 278 planchesà un ou deux sujets, 13 cartes, un plan, 14 planches de médailles et une planchede phallus dessinés par Cochin, Duplessi-Bertaux, Fragonard, Hubert-Robert,Saint-Non, J.-B. Tierce? et gravéssur cuivre par Couché, Duplessi-Bertaux, Fessard, Ghendt, Le Mire, Le Roy,Saint-Aubin, Saint-Non?Les 14 planches de médailles ne sont pas présentes dans tous les exemplairesparce qu'elles sont un second état des culsde- lampe du tome IV. La planche ditede phallus manque aussi parfois en raison même de son caractère.Exemplaire de premier tirage sans les 14 planches de médailles et sans laplanche de phallus.Défauts d'usage aux coiffes, manques 3 planches, titre et faux-titre du tome IV;pliés, quelques brunissures.Prima edizione del più importante e monumentale libro di viaggi illustrato di tutto il Settecento, dedicato ai Regni di Napoli e di Sicilia. Questa opera rara e preziosa, che fornisce importanti testimonianze iconografiche dei monumenti e dei ritrovamenti archeologici fatti al tempo (si pensi alla Messina prima del terremoto del 1783 o ai disegni degli scavi di Ercolano) fu stampata «aux frais de l'auteur, l'abbé de Saint-Non, qui se ruina dans cette entreprise.