[Rarebooks] FS: Alvarez de Colmenar's 1st 5 (of 6) vols. on Spain & Portugal w/156 plates. Leyden: 1715

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Alvarez de Colmenar. LES DELICES DE L'ESPAGNE & DU PORTUGAL... Description Exacte des Antiquitez, des Provinces, des Montagnes, des Villes... De la Religion, des Moeurs des Habitans... Leyden: Pierre Vander Aa. 1715. Sm. 8vo. 5 volumes (of 6). With 156 copper engraved plates (part double, some folded) and maps and plans (part double). All plates present for these 5 volumes (see below). Each volume with a double page engraved title and a printed title. Orig. mottled calf, ornately gilt spine with red & green morocco labels. Extremities a bit rubbed, and a few small chips at tops of  spines. All front covers stamped in gilt with the initials "W. C. O." and a small Russian printed library label on front endpaper.                        $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
A wonderful set for the large number of plates and maps on Spain & Portugal, but unfortunately lacking the final volume 6 which should have 10 plates. The total number of plates for the complete set is 166.

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