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Percier, Charles

Palais, maisons et autres édifices modernes dessinés in Rome, 1798

Estimate

€ 350 - 450

Sold

€ 448

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Information

Paris: Ducamp, 1798. In 2 °. In 2 °. Frontispiece with vignette depicting three architects of the Italian Renaissance, Bramante da Urbino, Antonio da Sangallo and Baldassarre Peruzzi, with 101 contour engraved tables, numbered 1-100, of which plates 12 and 13 are engraved on the same sheet, with views, sections, plants etc. of Roman palaces and buildings, blooms, rear binding in red Moroccan half, title stamped in gold on the spine, slight abrasions.

Specialist Notes

First edition. The plates depict aspects of domestic architecture, interior views, door details, etc. Millard I, 133; Cicognara 3822.