Lot 165

Paoli, Paolo Antonio.

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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Description

Avanzi Delle Antichita Esistenti A Pozzuoli Cuma E Baja. [Naples], 1768, folio (490 x 360mm.), engraved throughout, frontispiece (plate [I]), dedication (plate III), title (plate II), 65 (of 66) numbered plates and plans, numbered IV-LXVIII (including plate XLII no.II), some double-page or folding, 36pp. interleaved leaves of engraved text, 2pp. engraved index, text in Italian and Latin, lacking plate XXXVI, first few gatherings with some wear and loss at lower corner (not affecting text or engraved area), some light dampstaining or light spotting to first portion of work

[Morghen, Filipo and Antonio Jolli. Ten Views of Paestum and one other. Naples, 1769-1772], 11 numbered engraved views and plans, comprising: 9 views and one plan (nos.1-10) of Paestum (the first six with the engraved signature of A. Jolli) after F. Morghen, plate 11 titled 'Tempio di Sta. Ma. Maggiore nella citta di Nocera di Costanza' (dated 1772), lacking title

[Morghen, Filippo and Antoine Cardon. A collection of 38 engravings of the kingdom of Naples. Naples], 1765-1772, 38 engraved views, maps and plans, numbered 1-38, comprising: 30 views on 15 sheets (numbered 1-30) by Antonio Cardon after Bracci and Morghen, 4 large folding panoramas (of Naples, Chiaia (2) and Ponte Nuovo) after Cardon dated 1765 (numbered 31-34), 4 large folding maps and plans after Morghen dated 1772 (numbered 35-38), lacking title, one folding panorama torn at folds, some browning and offsetting

together 3 works bound in one volume, contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments with raised bands, joints split, covers scuffed and bumped, slightly worn

Provenance

G. E[yre]

Literature

Avanzi delle Antichita: Cigonara 2692 (citing the date 1778, but probably a misreading); RIBA 2423; Berlin Kat. 1895; Views of Paestum: Blackmer 1154; Cigonara 2685

Catalogue Note

Plate [I] of the first work is a frontispiece consisting of an oval plaque bearing the title 'Antichita di Pozzuoli Puteolanae Antiquitates', and this work is sometimes catalogued under this title. The date comes from the final engraved text plate.

The second work contains rare plates engraved after designs by Antonio Jolli, which are the second published illustrations of the temples at Paestum (the first being those in Dumont's Suite de plans, Paris, 1764). The dedication by Morghen to Frederick Calvert, Lord Baltimore, appears at the foot of plate 1 as does the date (25 Feb. 1765). The Blackmer and British Library copies both contain 6 plates, however there are 4 additional plates in the set present here, but no title or additional text.