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VASI (GIUSEPPE) Raccolta delle piu' belle vedute antiche, e moderne di Roma disegnate ed incise secondo lo stato presente..., 2 vol., Rome, si trova dall' autore nel Palazzo Farnese, 1786
24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
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VASI (GIUSEPPE)
Raccolta delle piu' belle vedute antiche, e moderne di Roma disegnate ed incise secondo lo stato presente..., 2 vol., letterpress titles with etched vignettes set within double-rule borders, 206 fine engraved plates by Vasi (numbered 1-200 with 6 unnumbered plates), dampstaining and soiling (mostly marginal, the former affecting some plates in volume 2), a few plates reinforced at lower edges, untrimmed and mostly loose in contemporary Italian boards, defective [BAL RIBA 3399, later issue of c.1800], oblong folio (308 x 440mm.), Rome, si trova dall' autore nel Palazzo Farnese, 1786
Footnotes
This edition was issued by Vasi's son Mariano after his father's death, comprising a selection of views from the earlier work and some new plates, but without the text. As RIBA notes, individual copies differ quite widely, appearing "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)".
Provenance: Charles Parker, Grays Inn, 1839, ownership inscription on front paste-downs.





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