"Grand French-italian Dictionary, Compiled From The Dictionaries Of The French Academy Of 19th Century"
A beautiful folio volume of the "Grand Dictionnaire Français-Italien" (Great French-Italian Dictionary), compiled from the dictionaries of the Académie Française and the Accademia della Crusca, enriched with all the technical terms of the sciences and arts. By Abbé François d'Alberti de Villeneuve, first Neapolitan edition. In Naples, from the Tasso Printing House. At the expense of the Compagnie du Séréto. 1835. This handsome folio volume, bound in ivory parchment, has a smooth spine decorated with gilt lines and tools, a brown morocco title page, and endpapers with fine blue honeycomb patterns. A beautiful, complete copy of this valuable research tool in a simple and attractive contemporary binding (Louis Philippe).