Champagny, F. de, La Gournerie, E. de, Lafond, Ed., Maguelon - Lot 573

Champagny, F. de, La Gournerie, E. de, Lafond, Ed., Maguelone, H. de, …Baron Visconti. — Rome in All Its Splendor: Views, Ancient and Modern Monuments. Description, History, Institutions… Paris, H. Charpentier, 1870. 3 folio volumes bound in red half-shagreen, with cold-stamped covers and front covers adorned with the gilded coat of arms of Pius IX (with curved bands), ribbed spines decorated with 3 papal tiaras—the second cover of Vol. III is stained—Vol. I: [2 ff., title page, title], Iv (preface), 90 pp. (introduction and Christian Rome), 72 pp. (Ancient Rome). Illustrated with a frontispiece and 27 plates in half-tones; Vol. II: [2 ff.], 214 pp. (Christian monuments), 40 pp. (Catholic hierarchy, ceremonies). Illustrated with a frontispiece and 33 plates in color; Vol. III: [2 ff.], 68 pp. (civil and modern monuments), 40 pp. (Fine Arts, Roman School), 18 pp. (Fine Arts, supplement), 28 pp. (Literature and Sciences), 24 pp. (Customs and Traditions), 36 pp. (the environs of Rome). Illustrated with a frontispiece, 36 lithographed plates, and a map of Rome. For a total of 100 lithographed plates based on drawings by Philippe and Félix Benoist. Scattered foxing on the text.