Accurata E Succinta Descrizione Topografica Delle Atichita Di Roma Dell' Abate Ridolfino Venuit
Rome: Pietro Piale & Mariano de Romanis, 1824. Third edition. leather_bound. (2) xvi, xxxii, 256' vi, 238 pages. 27.9 x 20.3 cm. Engraved vignette on title-pages, engraved portrait following title, 2 engraved head-pieces, large engraved folding map, 68 engraved plates after Piranesi, Morel, Rinaldi. Ferrerri, Duflos and others. Complete with 70 copper engraved plates of which 23 are by Piranesi. Included is a large fold-out map of Rome of Pirro Ligorio. An important work on the monuments of Rome. CICOGNARA 3905 (for 1st edition). Some marginal browning and spotting. Raised bands, spine decorations in blind, olive spine labels lettered in gilt. Full modern antique niger. Near fine. 2 vols. Item #23906
Price: $2,200.00