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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
LOTS
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[BINDING LOUIS XV] Office de la Semaine Sainte. Paris: Grégoire Dupuis, 1724.
[BINDING LOUIS XV] Office de la Semaine Sainte. Paris: Grégoire Dupuis, 1724.
ESTIMATE € 500 - 800
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[BINDING] THEOPHRASTUS (371; 287 a.C.) Characterum ethicorum. Parma: Bodoni, 1786.
[BINDING] THEOPHRASTUS (371; 287 a.C.) Characterum ethicorum. Parma: Bodoni, 1786.
ESTIMATE € 400 - 600
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[BINDING POPE SISTO V] BACCI, Andrea (1524-1600). De thermis. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1588.
[BINDING POPE SISTO V] BACCI, Andrea (1524-1600). De thermis. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1588.
ESTIMATE € 1,000 - 2,000
