Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Sales catalogue 103: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![1 3 4 ACCOUNTANCY. Accountancy. 16th century MS. account of receipts and sales, written in Catalan on paper. There are added some 18th century accounts and there are a number of blank pages at end £1 5s Sm. folio. Orig. limp vellum, with leather strips on back and original cord tie. Monteage (Stephen) Debtor and Creditor made easy, or a short Instruction for the attaining the right use of Accompts, after the best method used by merchants fitted for the trade in these capaci- ties: The Youth or Young Scholar, The Farmer, The Retailing Shop-keeper, the Country Gentleman, the Handicrafts-Man, the Merchant. The fourth edition, corrected and amended, to which is added instruc- tions for Rent Gatherers. London, T. W., for Benj. Billingsley, 1708 £3 10s 4to. Old calf. With engraved portrait of the author ART, ARCHITECTURE, and Books of Views. Choiseul-Gouffier (Comte de) Voyage Pit- toresque de la Gréce. Paris, 1772-1809 £6 6s 2 vols. Folio. Half morocco. 24 maps, and 100 beautiful plates of views in Greece, as well as many fleurons and culs-de-lamp by Moreau le jeune, Choffard, Dambrun and other French artists. The publication was suspended by the Revolution and only completed in 1809. The portrait of the author is missing. Fine copy. Commelin (Gasparus) Beschryvinge van Amsterdam. Tweede Druck. Amsterdam, A. van Damme and others, 1726 £2 2s Folio. 2 vols. Contemporary half calf. 9 ll., 1,223 pp., 20 ll. Engraved frontispiece, 51 engraved plates and many engraving’s in text. A fine and decorative book, profusely illustrated. The engravings show many views of the town, build- ings, harbour and ships, and scenes of the history of the city. Davanzati (D. Benigno) Notizie al Pel- legrino della Basilica di Santa Prassede. Rome, Antonio de’ Rossi, 1725 10s 6d Ato. Orig. boards, uncut. A very detailed account of the Basilica of Santa Prassede. With 2 engravings. De Lorme (Philbert) Architecture. Rouen, B. Ferrand, 1648 £5 5s Folio. Old calf. 348 11. With fine woodcut portrait of author and very many plates and wood engravings, diagrams, etc. This copy has the 10th Book ‘‘ Nouvelle invention pour bien batir et a petits frais,” which is specially mentioned by Brunet as valuable. The best and most complete edition of the works of the ‘ Father of French Architecture,’’ who designed the Tuileries in Paris. The woodcuts are clearly of 16th century origin. There is a great deal of practical detail of construction, notably on the choice and use of timber. Falda (G. B.) and Venturini (G. F.) Le Fon- tane di Roma. Rome, G. G. de Rossi, 1691 £2 2s Oblong folio. Old panelled calf. 4 parts. Containing 105 plates of the fountains in the public streets and gardens of Rome. The whole of the 4th book shows the fountains and gardens of the Villa d’Este. A most attractive picture of Roman gardens in the 17th century. Two plates are missing. CABLE ADDRESS: Florence. Tofani, 1801-1803 £4 4s5 8 vols. Folio. Half calf. With 209 views of Florence 2 and Tuscany in sepia coloured aquatint. The first topographical work on Tuscany. taining Designs of Buildings and Ornaments. . London, 1738 £2 15s5 Folio. Old calf, a little worn. 150 plates of archi-- tecture and ornament by this great English architect. sion of the Society of Dilettanti by Rich-- Chandler, Nic. Revett and W. Pars. Lon-- don. Vol. 1, Spilsbury and Haskell. Vol. 2,, W. Bulmer. 1769-1797 £3 10s 2 vols. Folio. Contemporary half green roan. With, 99 magnificent plates of Greek antiquities and views, , and many vignettes. A fine work, of which the two) parts are rarely found together. Voyages eni Orient. [Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine.]| Paris, Firmin Didot, 1837-1838 £4 10s3 2 vols. Folio. Half calf, back defective. 162 pagess of lithographs, tinted or printed in colour, many con-- taining two views on a page showing views of placess and native costumes, mainly from drawings by thee author, and 1 front. in chromolithograph of a desertt caravan after Marichat. This contains the platess without the text. A fine specimen of early litho-- graphical work. ou, Recueil des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, , Couvents et Autres Monuments de la Ville: de Rome dessinés mésurés et publiés parr P. Letarouilly. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1840-- o7 £12 10ss 8 vols. Folio, and one vol 4to, for the text. Halff calf. Portrait of author and a superb series of exactt architectural drawings of Roman monuments. These best work ofits kind. si vedidano nel’alma citta di Roma, Tivoli, , e Frascati. Rome, G. J. Rossi (ca. 1680)) 27 beautiful plates of fountains, followed by 83 plates of the obelisks of Rome. Bound with :— Sadeler (E.) Vestigi delle antichita di Roma Tivoli, Pozzoli e altre luoghi. Rome, G. J.. Rossi, 1660 Engraved antiquities. And : 49 Views of Roman Palaces, gardens andi villas, engraved by Ferrerio. Ca. 1630 £3 10s8 Oblong folio. Half! | title and 50 etchings of Romana Three books bound in one vol. calf. Palais, Maisons ett autres Edifices Modernes, dessinés & Rome, , publié 4 Paris par Charles Percier et P. F. Le. Fontaine en 1798. Paris, (1798) £2 10s3; Folio. Half calf. With 100 full-page engraved plates s of Roman monuments, ancient and modern. Cap. V. Rome, G. Mascardi, 1611 21ss 4to. Limp vellum. The aurHor’s OWN copy, with} his name on title and annotations in his hand. Atend: : “ Breve difese dell. Acque del fiume Anitene.” A few waterstains.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33160235_0002.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
