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ITALY DEROY (ISIDORE LAURENT) [Italie], volume containing 24 lithographed views of Rome (18), Tivoli (4) and Subiaco (2), [c.1850]; and another (2) image 1
ITALY DEROY (ISIDORE LAURENT) [Italie], volume containing 24 lithographed views of Rome (18), Tivoli (4) and Subiaco (2), [c.1850]; and another (2) image 2
Lot 33

ITALY
DEROY (ISIDORE LAURENT) [Italie], volume containing 24 lithographed views of Rome (18), Tivoli (4) and Subiaco (2), [c.1850]; and another (2)

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,200

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DEROY (ISIDORE LAURENT) [Italie], volume containing 24 lithographed views of Rome (18), Tivoli (4) and Subiaco (2), by and after Leroy for Lemercier and Formentin (numbered 25-48 and headed 'Italie'), foxing and light browning affecting some plates, publisher's half roan, lettered in gilt 'Vues de Rome' on upper cover, spine worn, oblong folio (305 x 445mm.), Paris, Jeannin, [c.1850]--[SMITH (JOHN)] Select Views in Italy.Topographical and Historical Descriptions in English and French, 2 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION, engraved dedication, map and 72 plates after Smith, descriptions in English and French, occasional foxing and light browning, bookplate of Charles Smith, contemporary calf gilt, worn, upper cover detached, lacking lower cover, oblong folio (258 x 355mm.), T. Chapman for John Smith, William Byrne and John Emes, 1792-1796 (2)

Footnotes

The first volume is from a rare series of lithographs by Deroy, lithographer, watercolourist and landscape painter, many of whose prints were published in album form.

Provenance: Contessa Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt (1885-1971, noted collector, gallerist, philanthropist and patron of the arts), ink stamp on front paste-down. See preceding lot.

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