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Travel, Voyages, Exploration Title: Voyage pittoresque et historique de L'Istrie et de la Dalmatie. Author: Cassas (Louis Francois) and Joseph de Lavallee Published: Paris, Vilain Date: 1802. Size: [Lg.-Folio. cm] Technic: Description: First edition. Bound in 2 vol., text and plates. 1 unnum. leave, 167 pp.; 1 engraved title, engraved frontispiece, 1 engraved folded map and 66 (many folded or double) engraved plates. The famous travelbook on Dalmatia based on the sketches drawn by Cassas 1782. Illustrated with decorative views of Pola, Triest, Split, etc. As well illustrated with plans and antiquities of this region. Cassas visited Istria and Dalmatia in 1782 when he was commissioned to make drawings of the antiquities in the area by 'une societe d'amateurs des beaux arts'. The second part of the text by Lavall,e is edited from Cassa's journal of the voyage. (H. Blackmer Part II). Notes: Throughout in very good condition, the fine contemporary leather bindings well preserved. Condition: Contem. leather bindings. Reference: Graesse IV 125; Blackmer 296; Cohen-De Ricci 205. Price: /
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