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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
234
GREGORIUS I (540-604 A.D.). Dialogorum libri quattuor. Venice: Paganini, 1492.
GREGORIUS I (540-604 A.D.). Dialogorum libri quattuor. Venice: Paganini, 1492.
ESTIMATE € 1,500 - 2,500
235
HERODOTUS (5th cent. BC). Historiarum libri IX. Rome: Pannartz, 20 April 1475
HERODOTUS (5th cent. BC). Historiarum libri IX. Rome: Pannartz, 20 April 1475
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1,200
236
HIERONYMUS Santo (pseud.). Vitas patrum. Venice: Ottaviano Scoto, 14 February 1483.
HIERONYMUS Santo (pseud.). Vitas patrum. Venice: Ottaviano Scoto, 14 February 1483.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000
240
LEONIS I (c. 400-461 A.D.). Sermones. Venice: Lucas Dominici Filius Venetus, 7 Aug. 1482.
LEONIS I (c. 400-461 A.D.). Sermones. Venice: Lucas Dominici Filius Venetus, 7 Aug. 1482.
ESTIMATE € 1,500 - 2,500