Beautiful Vol. In4, Cold-struck Ivory Vellum: "algémeene Histori" Lacedaemon Achaia; Aetolia &c.

Rare and beautiful copy in cold-stamped ivory vellum, ribbed spine, ink title, friezes, frames on the covers around an ornamental cartouche, pinked edges, a beautiful framed figure signed JC Philips 1741, two-color title plus three maps and folding views in very good condition: Sicily; Image of the old city of Syracuse & Syracuse besieged by the Athenians ... General History described by a Company of Scholars in England, translated from English, part I and II Set containing the History of Lacedaemon, Achaea, Sicily, Syracuse, Athens, Boeotia, Epirus, Ionia, Scile and Syracuse / Message from the Greek States of Asia Minor-Utrecht, Hermanus and Johannes Besseling. 1741-(8) 834 pp- blind- stamped parchment binding with ribs on the spine. A precise and detailed treatise in illustrated Dutch, printed in Tutrecht (Utrecht) Gedruktbij Hermanus Besseling, Bockverkooper op de Oude Graft bij de Beesembrug, M. DCC. XLI. (1741) interesting and beautiful book of Dutch History - Geography of the Reign of Louis XV