Travel, Photographs, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Photographs, Maps and Natural History
Lot Closed
November 17, 04:00 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Domenico Amici
Raccolta delle principali vedute di Roma; [Raccolta delle vedute dei contorni di Roma]. Rome: G. Raffaelli, 1835 [plates dated 1832-1847]
2 works in one volume, oblong folio (297 x 480mm.), engraved title dated 1835 for the first work, 54 engraved plates dated 1832-1847 by Domenico Amici (41 from the first work, 13 from the second), red cloth gilt, some foxing, circular water stain to lower margin of first two plates, spine partially detached, worming to covers, bumped at corners
Two of Amici's works of views of Rome, featuring impressions of the city's ancient and more recent architecture, including the Pantheon, the Colosseum, the Castel Sant'Angelo and the Trevi Fountain, as well as his later work illustrating the monuments and views on the outskirts of Rome.