Hardcover
1800 · Roma
by Morel, Francois et al.
Roma: Presso Piale, 1800. Hardcover. Contemporary brown marbled boards, decorated leather spine labels printed in gilt. Very good. Unpaginated. 20.5 x 26.5 cm. Two large folding maps. Engraved title page, and 53 plates on 52 leaves. Many of the plates are by Franc ois Morel, the earliest having dates 1775 and 1776; the remainder are by Domenico Pronti, François Soufflot, P.A. Paris, G.B. Piranesi, and others. Engravings are sharp, bright and clean as are the two folding plates. A few plates of obelisks and medallions with slight toning at head of last two leaves. LC :21057945.
(Inventory #: 24217)