IL NVOVO TEATRO // DELLE FABRICHE, ET EDIFICII, // IN PROSPETTIVA DI ROMA MODERNA, // SOTTO IL FELICE PONTIFICATO // DI. N. S. PAPA ALESSANDRO VII // Date in luce da Gio. Jacomo Rossi alla Pace. 1665 // LIBRO PRIMO // con Priu. Del Sommo Pont.
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IL SECONDO LIBRO DEL' NOVO TEATRO // DELLE FABRICHE, ET EDIFICII, FAT TE FA=// RE IN ROMA, E FVORI DI ROMA DALLA // SANTITA DI NOSTRO SIGNORE PAPA // ALESSANDRO VII. // DISEGNATE, IN PROSPETTIVA ET INTAGLIATE DA GIO. // BATTISTA FALDA DA VALDVGGIA. // E date in luce con direttione, e cura da Gio. Jacomo Rossi alla Pace, con licenza de Superiori, e Priuileggio // del Sommo Pontefice.

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IL TERZO LIBRO DEL' NOVO TEATRO // DELLE CHIESE DI ROMA DATE IN // LVCE SOTTO IL FELICE PONTIFICATO // DI NOSTRO SIGNORE PAPA // CLEMENTE IX. // DISEGNATE, IN PROSPETTIVA ET INTAGLIATE DA GIO. // BATTISTA FALDA // Con direttione, e cura da Gio. Jacomo Rossi alla Pace con licenza de Superiori e Priuileggio // del Sommo Pontefice.

Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1665.. The second last plate has a marginal tear, two plates with upper margin repaired otherwise, an attractive and very good example with plates clean and crisp. . Binding: Contemporary burgundy, gilt panelled morocco; spine rebacked with raised five (5) gilt bands; gilt lettered title on two; dated; compartments with central gilt ornament; all edges speckled red. , Notes: Oblong Folio (243 x 345mm).
First edition published in three (3) parts.
Three parts in one volume. Captions in Italian.
This fine work of Italian copper engravings on the architecture of modern Rome is cited by Cicognara as: "Questo è uno de migliori libri delle vedute die Roma che rende un idea adeguata de' luoghi, e de' monumenti", holding it in great esteem as one of the best books of views of Rome. Fowler states: “In Italy, up to this time, there had been no extensive and systematic attempt to record contemporary Renaissance architecture ...; he also states: [Falda's] “work, aside from its historical value, is of special interest in showing the development in Italy of the realistic approach to architectural representation” and “all the copies examined vary slightly in the number and arrangement of the plates.”. Thieme writes: "Die zahlreichen Blätter Faldas sind nicht nur für die Topographie und Geschichte der Stadt Rom wichtig, sondern auch künstlerisch anziehend"; he deemes Falda's engravings not only important for the topography and history of the city of Rome but also artistically attractive. This set is a rare first edition of the three-part series of copperplates of views before its numbering. The plates contained in the first edition, of course, apart from titles and dedications, were arranged as follows: part I had 33 plates; part II, 15; part III, 34; another reference attributes 36 to part III. Later extended, 1699 and 1739, editions were often bound with a fourth or fifth part; these were published following Falda’s passing and included Vasi’s engravings. Parts I and II were both published in the year 1665; part III was published in 1669.


, Size: Oblong Folio , Illustration: This early architectural work on Rome is illustrated with eighty-eight (88) unnumbered copper engraved plates; of these three (3) are title plates, three (3) engraved dedication leaves, and eighty-two (82) views depicting buildings, squares, gardens, fountains, the streets of Rome - including monumental buildings, palaces and churches - many designed by architects such as Berettini, De Rossi, Della Porta, Fontana, Fuga, Lunghi, Michelangelo; the work was published under the direction of the architect Giovanni Iacomo Rossi; the present plates were designed and engraved mainly by Giovanni Battista Falda. , Provenance: Armorial book-plate of Baron Pierre De Lannion. B. Du Vieu-Chatel. (1644-), References: Brit. Arch. Libr. II: 1019; Cicognara: 3865; Fowler: 116; Indice delle stampe de' Rossi: p. 188; Kat. Ornamentstich-Slg.: 2666; Rossetti 4826; Thieme, B. XI: 226; UCBA I: 532; not in Millard., Pages: Ll: bl.; book I: title, illustrated dedication plate, 25 plates; book II: title, illustrated dedication plate, 20 plates; book III: title, illustrated dedication plate, 37 plates, bl., Category: Book Europe Italy; Book Art, Architecture & Design; Book Plate Books General;