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PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778); VENUTI, Ridolfino (1705-1763). Accurata e succinta descrizione topografica e istorica di Roma moderna. Rome: Barbiellini, 1766.
First edition of this elegant guide to Rome, complete with 54 plates, more than thirty of which were made by a young Piranesi, showing the most evocative places, fountains and palaces of late Baroque Rome.
2 vols, 4to, (291 x 225). 54 engraved plates, vignettes to title pages, engraved initials, headpieces and tail-pieces (some light browning). Contemporary binding with vellum spine, marbled boards (some wear). Provenance: John Richard Humpidge Moorman (1905-1989) ex libris to endpapers. (2)
2 vols, 4to, (291 x 225). 54 engraved plates, vignettes to title pages, engraved initials, headpieces and tail-pieces (some light browning). Contemporary binding with vellum spine, marbled boards (some wear). Provenance: John Richard Humpidge Moorman (1905-1989) ex libris to endpapers. (2)
ESTIMATE € 1,000 - 1,500
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[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000
