Nouveau voyage d'Italie vols. 1-2 - Misson, François Maximilien 1650-1722 (The Hague van Bulderen, 1698)
Maximilien Misson (?1650-1722) fled France after the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and traveled through Italy in 1687 and 1688. His books would become the standard travel guide to Italy and contain observations on Venetian opera.
Nice fold-outs and old annotations in cover, including, at the end, a statement saying: "lu avec beaucoup de plaisir"
Contains an index
Originally published in 1691
Troisième édition, beaucoup augmentée, & enrichie de nouvelles figures.
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