4to (297 x 232 mm). Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 sepia aquatint plates (including a folding panorama of London and Westminster), directions to the binder and 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end. (Some light offsetting and minor spotting, folding map with a few creases and repairs verso.) 20th-century half cognac crushed levant gilt, top edge gilt, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (slight soiling, slight wear to extremities and a few chips to sides, hinges just cracking). 

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated from the original Italian manuscript held at the Laurentian Library in Florence. This travelogue is based on Magalotti's journal while accompanying Cosimo III de' Medici (1642 1723) on his Grand Tour of Europe and illustrated with views of cities, towns, and ancestral homes. Abbey, Scenery 32.