Italy Frommel, Carl Carl Frommel's picturesque Italy. With 100 folio-sized steel engraved plates and 3 engraved titles with steel engraved vignettes. Leipzig, Kollmann, 1840. 2 vols. 574 p., V-IX, 1 leaf. Gr. 8°. Rich blind and gilt stamped cloth, gilt edges and gilt edges on three sides (slightly rubbed and bumped, spine somewhat lightened). Engelmann II, 608 f. - Tresoldi II, 107 - Second edition, enlarged by 50 steel engravings. - The engravings show mainly city and landscape views, but also depictions of architecture, costumes or customs after paintings and drawings by C. Frommel (1789 - 1863), known for his landscape paintings. Depicted are, among others, the cathedral of Milan, Verona, the gondoliers in Venice, Nice, the Villa Borghese, Florence, Asisi, the triumphal arch of Constantine in Rome, Sorrento, Naples with Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii or Amalfi. - Some browning due to paper, some foxing and brownstaining. Overall well-preserved copy, the plates all in splendid filigree impression. With 100 steel engraved plates and 3 engraved titles with steel engraved vignettes.Rich blind tooled and gilt leather binding with gilt edges on three sides (slightly rubbed and bumped, spine somewhat lightened). - Second edition, extended by 50 steel engravings. - The engravings mainly depict city and landscape views, but also include depictions of architecture, costumes and customs based on paintings and drawings by C. Frommel (1789 - 1863), who was renowned for his landscape paintings. Depicted are, among others, the cathedral of Milan, Verona, the gondoliers in Venice, Nice, the Villa Borghese, Florence, Asisi, the triumphal arch of Constantine in Rome, Sorrento, Naples with Vesuvius, Pompeii or Amalfi. - Paper somewhat browned, some foxing and brownstaining. Overall well-preserved copy, the plates in splendid filigree impression throughout.