BURIGNY, Jean Levesque de (1692-1785). Histoire generale de Sicile, dans laquelle on verra toutes les diversees revolutions de ce royaume... The Hague: Beauregard; Gosse, 1745. The first edition of this work, based on the main classical and modern sources, traces the history of the island from antiquity to the contemporary age. Designed for the European public, it contributed significantly to the diffusion of knowledge of Sicilian history outside Italy in the early years of the spread of the "fashion" of the Gran Tour. 2 volumes in one, 4to (258 x 200mm). Frontispieces printed in red and black, elegant headboard allegorical calcographic and 2 large maps of Sicily, repeatedly folded and engraved in copper (sporadic blooms). Coeva binding in calfskin, Decorations and gold title on the back, red cuts. (1)