474
Milano - Laghi
Amoretti, Carlo
Journey from Milan to the three lakes Maggiore, Lugano and Como, and the mountains that surround them, 1801
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€ 200 - 220
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€ 258
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Milan, by Giuseppe Galeazzi, 1801. In 8°, 198 x 125 mm. Intaglio frieze on the title page, vignette with a V-shaped panorama, three folded out-of-text geographical maps with the hand-watercoloured lakes of Alto Novarese, Val Tellina and the journey to the Maggiore, Lugano and Como lakes, marginal reddening, contemporary binding in brown half leather and sponged cardboard, defects. Nobility stamp on the title page.
Specialist Notes
Second edition of this classic on the Lombardy lakes, richer and more detailed than the first.
In the introduction Amoretti writes that, after the publication of the "Journey to the three lakes" of 1794, "received many requests from both nationals and foreigners, who, eager to see the pleasant and instructive things that the Upper Milanese area and its surroundings present, until then were forced to ask the servant in the square for addresses, advice and news, to the postillion, to the boatman: and therefore many important things they did not see or saw badly." This second edition, completely redone and doubled compared to the first, was reprinted until 1824 (VI edition), always with improvements and additions.
In the introduction Amoretti writes that, after the publication of the "Journey to the three lakes" of 1794, "received many requests from both nationals and foreigners, who, eager to see the pleasant and instructive things that the Upper Milanese area and its surroundings present, until then were forced to ask the servant in the square for addresses, advice and news, to the postillion, to the boatman: and therefore many important things they did not see or saw badly." This second edition, completely redone and doubled compared to the first, was reprinted until 1824 (VI edition), always with improvements and additions.
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