10 volumes in folio (27.4 x 18.2 cm) bound in quarter binding, leather spine with embossing and gold title. I: XVI pp., including the title page, with a vignette wood engraved in the centre, 657 pp., 1 unnumbered sheet. 11 (of 12) full-page steel engraved plates. II: 973 pages, including the title page, 1 sheet, 10 (of 11) plates and 2 double maps. III: 911 pages, including the title page, 3 unnumbered sheets, 9 plates and 2 double maps. IV: 902 pages, including the title page, 2 sheet, 14 plates and 1 double map. V: 903 pages, including the title page, 2 unnumbered sheets, 16 plates. VI: 836 pp., including the title page, 2 sheets, 18 plates. VII: 713 pp., including the title page, 3 sheets VIII: 798 pp., including the title page, 3 sheets, 10 (of 11) plates. IX: 797 pp., including the title page, 2 sheets, 13 plates. X: 899 pp., including the title page, 14 plates. Two-column printing, countless wood engravings. Gaspar y Roig’s Biblioteca Ilustrada. Very clean copy, 3 plates MISSING. A total of 115 PLATES and 5 MAPS.
TOTAL WEIGHT 15 kg.
- Object
- Book
- Number of Books
- 10
- Subject
- History, Illustrated
- Author/ Illustrator
- Cantú, César
- Book Title
- Historia Universal. Traducida directamente del italiano… y adornada con preciosas láminas grabadas
- Condition
- Very good
- Publication year oldest item
- 1854
- Publication year youngest item
- 1859
- Edition
- Illustrated Edition
- Language
- Spanish
- Original language
- No
- Publisher
- Madrid, Imprenta de Gaspar y Roig
- Binding/ Material
- Half leather
- Number of pages
- 8389
- Dimensions
- 274×182 mm