Live auction - Lot 1092
[Italy - Rome]
Raccolta delle principali vedute di Rome e suoi contorni. Disegnate dal vero ed inciso da Gaetano Cottafavi.
COTTAFAVI, Gaetano
Hammer price: €
500
€ 250 / 400
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Lot description
Rome, T. Cuccioni, 1843
Oblong 4to: engr. title and 68 pl. (foxing, extensive on some pl., marg. stain on last plates).
Contemp. purple sheep by Henri Sele, marbled paper covers ruled with a gilt roll-stamp, spine with raised bands (rubbed, front cover detached, spine def.).
Collection of 68 nice steel-engravings depicting the famous places of Rome: Piazza San Pietro, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Piazza del Popolo, Fontana di Trevi, Colosseo, Trajan's Forum, the Capitolium, Pyramid of Cestius, Porta Tiburtina, Tivoli, Temple of Hercules at Cori, Arch of Trajan in Benevento, etc. Engr. title with vignette.