Lot 08101

GIANNONE Pietro, “Civile du Royaume de Naples, traduite de l Italien de Pierre Giannone, Jurisconsulte & Avocat Napolitain. – Avec de Nouvelles Notes, Reflexions, & Medailles fournies par l Auteur, & qui ne se trouvent point dans l Edition Italienne”, A la Haye, Chez Pierre Gosse, & Isaac Beauregard, 1742. First French edition. COMPLETE in four (4) volumes.

An important historical work, in which Giannone, who was one of the great intellectuals of the early eighteenth century, describes and criticizes the laws and administrative customs of Naples since ancient times. Translated into French by Desmonceaux de Villeneuve from the 1723 Italian edition.

4to, pp. 28+656pp; 8+755pp; 8+746pp; 8+684. Copper engraving frontispiece – portrait of Giannone, copper plate printer’s device to title, engraved initials chapter and tail ornaments.  Bound in contemporary calf, spine richly decorated. External wear, heavily rubbed, bumped corners, splits along joints, chipped parts of spines, spine detached for vol.4, first pages detached for vol. 4, interior clean and spotless. Ex-libris cachets to titles.