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Raccolta di N. 60 Vedute o Antiche, e Moderne della Citta di Roma e sue vicinanze con la giunta delle Sale appartementi al Museo Pio Clementino
by Agapito Franzetti
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Lacks plate number 49, otherwise a fine copy of this rare work by Franzetti, plates with strong impressions and are clean and cr
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Rome: Agapito Franzetti, n.d., c. 1820.. Lacks plate number 49, otherwise a fine copy of this rare work by Franzetti, plates with strong impressions and are clean and crisp.. Binding: Full early 20th-century pebbled paper boards with title in gilt within a gilt-lined border and gilt cornerpieces, flat spine in five compartments of double gilt lines, gilt title on two, edges speckled blue. , Notes: The work is undated, but would have been published between 1812 and 1820, because Franzetti moved to No. 180 Via del Corso in Rome in 1812, and produced his final collection of copper plates in 1820., Size: Oblong 8vo., Illustration: With 60 copper engraved plates (of 61), executed by Agapito Franzetti, including the title and 59 views of ancient and modern Rome. Title plate with vignette of Romulus, Remus, and the she-wolf., References: Olschki XI; Benezit IV:505., Pages: P. (2), title, blank, plates 1-48, 50-60, (2)., Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Europe Italy;
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- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B3496
- Title
- Raccolta di N. 60 Vedute o Antiche, e Moderne della Citta di Roma e sue vicinanze con la giunta delle Sale appartementi al Museo Pio Clementino
- Author
- Agapito Franzetti
- Book Condition
- Used - Lacks plate number 49, otherwise a fine copy of this rare work by Franzetti, plates with strong impressions and are clean and cr
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Agapito Franzetti
- Place of Publication
- Rome
- Date Published
- n.d., c. 1820.
- Keywords
- Book Plate Books General; Book Europe Italy;
Terms of Sale
Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
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