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Very usefull for 18th century travellers to Italy; beautifully illustrated

MISSON, François Maximilian.
Nieuwe Reize na en door Italien, met een berecht voor de gene die voornemens zyn dezelve reize te doen. Vermeerdert  en opgeheldert met de aanmerkingen van Addison, door hem gemaakt gedurende zyne reize door Italien. Uit het Frans na den vyfden  druk vertaelt.

Titles printed in red and black, with 2 engraved allegorical frontispieces by J. Goeree, 47 fine engraved views and plates of which 19 folding, in Misson's voyage, and 2 full-page engraved plates and several engraved illustrations of antique coins in Addison's "Remarks".

Titles printed in red and black, with 2 engraved allegorical frontispieces by J. Goeree, 47 fine engraved views and plates of which 19 folding, in Misson's voyage, and 2 full-page engraved plates and several engraved illustrations of antique coins in Addison's "Remarks".

Titles printed in red and black, with 2 engraved allegorical frontispieces by J. Goeree, 47 fine engraved views and plates of which 19 folding, in Misson's voyage, and 2 full-page engraved plates and several engraved illustrations of antique coins in Addison's "Remarks".

Titles printed in red and black, with 2 engraved allegorical frontispieces by J. Goeree, 47 fine engraved views and plates of which 19 folding, in Misson's voyage, and 2 full-page engraved plates and several engraved illustrations of antique coins in Addison's "Remarks".

Titles printed in red and black, with 2 engraved allegorical frontispieces by J. Goeree, 47 fine engraved views and plates of which 19 folding, in Misson's voyage, and 2 full-page engraved plates and several engraved illustrations of antique coins in Addison's "Remarks".



Utrecht, Willem van de Water & Jacob van Poolsum, 1724. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco title label, red painted edges. Titles printed in red and black, with 2 engraved allegorical frontispieces by J. Goeree, 47 fine engraved views and plates of which 19 folding, in Misson's voyage, and 2 full-page engraved plates and several engraved illustrations of antique coins in Addison's "Remarks". (34), 422; (2), 426, (33) pp.

First and only edition of the Dutch translation of the famous travel book on Italy by François Maximilien Misson (1650-1722). Originally published in French in The Hague in 1691 with the title Nouveau voyage en Italie.Avec unemémoire, contenant des avis utiles à ceux qui voudront faire le même, it was the first general account of Italy that had appeared of its kind and it was considerably enlarged in the subsequent editions. The present Dutch edition of Misson is translated after the fifth French edition, and enlarged with the Remarks by Joseph Addison (1672-1719). Addison highly praised Misson's travel book, which had been translated into English and published already in 1695 (with a second edition in 1699). He had used it on his own travels to Italy in 1701, 1702 and 1703.
Addison's Remarks on several Parts of Italy were published in London in 1705 and translated into French in 1722. They added a wealth of detailed, mainly antiquarian, historical, literary and geographical information, to Misson's general account, which also gives very interesting information on his journey through Holland and Germany. Nowadays Misson's voyage to Italy is much sought after for its fine views and plates, showing a.o. on 2 fine large folding plates the costumes of Nuremberg and Augsburg.

Good copy.
Tiele 756; Cox I, p. 116 (French and English editions of Misson), and p. 121 (English and French ed. of Addison).

Related Subjects: Cartography  Europe  Germany  Italy  Travel & Voyages 

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