Lot 74
Vergelli, Giuseppe Tiburtio
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Le fontane publiche delle piazze di Roma moderna. Rome: Matteo Gregorio Rossi, 1690. First edition, engraved title-page, engraved dedication, 29 engraved plates; [bound with] Du Pérac, Etienne Le cospicue e meravigliose fabriche degli antichi Romani hoggi ridotte in rovine. Rome: Giuseppe Giulio Rossi, 1709. Engraved title-page, engraved dedication, 39 engraved plates, 2 works in one volume, oblong folio (271 x 400mm.), contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, binding rubbed, spine chipped [Rossetti 11303 & 2358; cf. BAL RIBA 3415 and 3833, both 1773 editions]
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of Prince and Princess Henry De la Tour d'Auverge Lauraguais
Note: Etienne du Pérac's views of Roman remains were first published in 1575; this is the eleventh in BAL RIBA's list of editions. These two works are often found together.