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Merigot, James
A SELECT COLLECTION OF VIEWS AND RUINS IN ROME AND ITS VICINITY. RECENTLY EXECUTED FROM DRAWINGS MADE UPON THE SPOT. LONDRA : SMITH AND DAVY, [1817]
Estimate
No Reserve
Unless indicated by a box, all lots in this catalogue are offered subject to a reserve. A reserve is the confidential minimum auction price established between Sotheby's and the seller and below which a lot will not be sold. The reserve is generally set at a percentage of the low estimate and will not exceed the low estimate of the lot. The symbol is not used if all the lots have a reserve. If any lots in the catalogue are offered without reserve, such lots will be designated by a box.
1,000 — 1,500
EUR
LOT SOLD. 1,875 EUR
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Merigot, James
A SELECT COLLECTION OF VIEWS AND RUINS IN ROME AND ITS VICINITY. RECENTLY EXECUTED FROM DRAWINGS MADE UPON THE SPOT. LONDRA : SMITH AND DAVY, [1817]
Estimate
No Reserve
Unless indicated by a box, all lots in this catalogue are offered subject to a reserve. A reserve is the confidential minimum auction price established between Sotheby's and the seller and below which a lot will not be sold. The reserve is generally set at a percentage of the low estimate and will not exceed the low estimate of the lot. The symbol is not used if all the lots have a reserve. If any lots in the catalogue are offered without reserve, such lots will be designated by a box.
1,000 — 1,500
EUR
LOT SOLD. 1,875 EUR
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Merigot, James
A SELECT COLLECTION OF VIEWS AND RUINS IN ROME AND ITS VICINITY. RECENTLY EXECUTED FROM DRAWINGS MADE UPON THE SPOT. LONDRA : SMITH AND DAVY, [1817]
Folio (440x325 mm.), 62 tavole a piena pagina colorate incise all’acquatinta comprensive del frontespizio inciso, testo in inglese e francese, legatura coeva a cinque nervi in mezza pelle con angoli, dorso con decorazioni e titolo in oro, tagli rossi, cofanetto, difetti e restauri sulla c. N2, leggere bruniture, morso leggermente consumato, segni di restauro su dorso e angoli
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Provenance

Sulla controguardia ex libris manoscritto di R. Lionel Foster, Folkestone, Kent

Literature

Rossetti 7007; Abbey Travel 178

Catalogue Note

Le 62 tavole presenti sono firmate da James Merigot e datate dal 1796 al 1798; la data di stampa della pubblicazione è stata desunta dalle filigrane presenti su alcune carte, interamente datate 1817, eccetto le prime due datate 1806.
Prestigiosa edizione ad ampi margini, corredata da splendide tavole raffiguranti vedute e rovine di Roma e dintorni tinte con colori nitidi e brillanti.

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