In 8° (mm 190x120); pp. (16), 672, 70 copper-engraved plates outside the text, including an allegorical frontispiece, including 3 geographical maps and many beautiful views of all the cities of central Italy and Romagna. Beautiful binding in contemporary brown marbled hardback with gold title and decorations on an orange insert on the spine, blue edges. A sought-after volume of this well-known and classic work of 18th-century Italian vedutism for the wealth of beautiful illustrative plates, often sold individually, which is why it is increasingly difficult to find a complete copy in good condition, as is our volume. Among the beautiful views, a general view of Florence and numerous partial ones, as well as perspective plans and views (general and partial) of Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Bologna and numerous locations in the Marche and Umbria on geographical maps reprinted several times. of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Siena, Papal States An excellent copy with a slight halo on the lower corner, minimal traces of time. Some plates, especially the larger ones (Florence, Rimini, Camerino), although complete, are trimmed to the edge of the engraving. Binding in excellent condition. The work, originally written in English, published between 1737 and 1766 and soon translated into the main European languages, originally included 26 volumes. Thomas Salmon (1679-1767), an English historian, geographer and polygraph, traveled in Europe and the East and West Indies accompanying George Anson on his voyage around the world.According to William Cole, an English antiquarian, Salmon wrote most of his works in Cambridge, where he ran a coffee house, and later moved to London. The work has been the subject of numerous translations, remakes and imitations in various languages ​​and was printed in Venice in Italian by Albrizzi over the course of several years, enriched with numerous original copper engravings, not present in the English version; it traces a careful historical analysis of the nations of the world, enriched by the geographical and artistic description of the cities. See Morazzoni, p. 253. Cremonini, 64.