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Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Two fascinating European travel works bound in one handsome volume, 'Histoire de Venise' and 'Au Bord Du Torrent: Silhouettes et Paysages Alpestres'. Two scarce volumes bound in one handsome, half morocco volume.Histoire de Venise, Depuis Son Origine Jusqu'a Nos Jours, written by Ernest Sergent and published in 1871, tells the history of the Italian city of Venice from its origin to the mid nineteenth-century. Replete with twelve illustrated plates, most of which depict Venetian coinage. Collated and complete.Au Bord Du Torrent: Silhouettes et Paysages Alpestres, written by Albert Bovet and published in 1872, depicts Alpine topography in the Swiss Mountains.Two scarce works bound as one.Containing a previous owner's ink signature to the front free-endpaper, dated 1874. Handsomely bound in half morocco with marbled boards and refreshed endpapers. Externally, lovely, with just a touch of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, and a very small amount of shelf wear. Previous owner's ink signature to the front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. A few spots to the fore-edge and scattered spots to from pages 1 to 84 in 'Au Bord Du Torrent', otherwise just the odd spot to the otherwise clean pages. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…