- 303
Vasi, Giuseppe
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Vasi, Giuseppe
- Raccolta delle più belle vedute anitiche, e moderne di Roma. Rome, 1786 [but later]
- paper
2 volumes, oblong folio (288 x 390mm.), letterpress titles with engraved vignettes, 105 engraved plates (only, of over 200 plates, see footnote), early nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt with red and green labels, lettered in gilt on upper covers "Raccolta di Roma", occasional slight spotting or soiling
Literature
cf. BAL RIBA 3399
Condition
the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna originally appeared in ten books between 1747 and 1761. This edition, put together by Vasi's son Mariano after his father's death, reprints a selection of views from the earlier work, without the text and with some new plates. As RIBA notes, later issues and even individual copies differ quite widely: "it was evidently Mariano's intention for each copy to contain a total of 210 plates, although this total appears to have been made up with whatever prints were to hand, in addition to the numbered core of the work (which was itself somewhat fluid)." This seems to be borne out in this copy, bound in a fine near contemporary binding.