[After Raphael]

i) Bartoli, Pietro Santi. Eminenetissimo ac reverendissimo Principi Camillo Maximo S.R.E. cardinali amplissimo. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, [17th Century], oblong 4to (226 x 332mm.), engraved title and 42 engraved plates after Raphael, vellum backed boards, binding worn and rubbed; 

ii) Aquila, Petrus and Ceasar Fantectus. Imagines veteris ac novi testamenti a Raphaele sanctio urbinate in Vaticani Palatii xystis mira picturae elegantia expressae. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1674, oblong 4to (375 x 485mm.), engraved title page with portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden, engraved portrait and eulogy of Raphael, engraved portrait of Isiah, 51 (of 52) engraved plates after Raphael, stitched, lacking final plate (no. 52), portrait of Isiah loose, title page worn and stained with one area of rubbing, sheets worn at edges and corners; 



iii) Montagnani, Pietro Paolo. Picturæ peristyli vaticani, manus Raphaelis sanci in tabulis aereis nova cura expressae, chartisque redditae anno MDCCLXXXX. Rome: Montagnani, [1740], oblong folio (375 x 500mm.), engraved title and 52 engraved plates, contemporary patterned wrappers, collector's red cloth folding box, wrappers repaired at corners, leaves worn at edges; 



iv) Consoni, Nicola. Six lithographs from 'Selections from the frescoes of Raphael, in the Vatican', by Nicola Consoni under Lud. Gruner after Raphael, comprising 'Genesis.C.VII.' (The deluge), 'Genesis.C.XVIII.' (Abraham and the three angels), 'Genesis.C.XXIX.' (Jacob encounters Rachel and Leah at the well of Haran), 'Genesis.C.XXXVII.' (Joseph telling his brothers his dreams), 'Genesis.C.XLI.' (Joseph interprets Pharoah's dreams) and 'Exodus.C.II.' (The finding of the child Moses), each sheet 475 x 590mm., bound together at left edge, worn at edges, some creasing



together 4 volumes 

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Four volumes of beautifully engraved plates after Raphael. The first work, recording Raphael's designs ornamental plaster work in the Vatican Loggia, is dedicated to Camillo Massimo, which suggests a publication date before his death in 1677. The second work contains Raphael's biblical paintings in the Second Loggia of the Vatican Palace, which were executed in 1518-1519. The artists Cesare Fantetti and Pietro Aquila made the drawings after the original murals, and they occupy the same frames as the original murals, whether hexagonal, rectangular, or with the upper line slightly arching.