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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part I

Tuesday 30 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Roma - De Angeli, Paolo

Basilicae S. Mariae Maioris de Urbe to Liberio Pope I. usque to Paulum V. Pont. Max. Descriptio et delineatio […] Lib. XII., 1621

Estimate

€ 400 - 600

Sold

€ 768

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Information

Rome, Bartolomeo Zanetti, 1621. In 2nd. With 16 (of 17) sheets of folded plates engraved in copper outside the text and numerous full-page copper engravings in the text, chalcographic title page within an architectural structure with paintings and captions regarding the history of the Basilica, initials and woodcut friezes, slight blooms , some slightly burnished paper, small woodworm work at the edges, pl. on page 65 partially detached, paper a1 missing at the end of the volume, reinforcement on a table, parchment binding, back and hinges missing, halos, defects. Stamp of belonging to the guard card, signature of belonging to the title page.


Specialist Notes

First edition, rare. Important treatise on the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica.