Maffei, Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne, Rome, 1704, English panelled calf

MAFFEI, PAOLO ALESSANDRO

Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne data in luce... da Domenico de Rossi... colle sposizioni a ciascheduna immagine. Rome: Stamperia alla Pace (Gaetano Zenobi), 1704

folio (470 x 347mm.), engraved title-page, engraved dedication, engraved head- and tailpieces, engraved and woodcut initials, 161 (of 162) engraved plates, contemporary English panelled calf, occasional light foxing, lacking plate 27

A fine collection of plates depicting classical, renaissance and baroque sculptures. The final plate (depicting Paul IV) is dated 1708. Rossetti states that there should be 161 plates, but that some copies also contain plates of Paul IV and of Hercules and the Hydra; as the Paul IV plate contains a later date, it was presumably added later, and this may be also the case for the Hercules plate.

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Rossetti 2199