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Roma - Visconti, Ennio Quirino

[Sculptures of the Villa Borghese palace called Pinciana briefly described. Part one [-second], 1796

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Rome, Stamperia Pagliarini, 1796. 2 vols. In great 8th. 2 vols. Chalcographic title pages with vignettes depicting the propylaea and the temple of Villa Borghese designed by Asprucci and engraved by Morelli and 258 engraved plates depicting the sculptures exhibited in the portico and in the 9 rooms of the villa, some of which folded, sometimes printed on light blue paper, scattered redness, small woodworm holes, coeval binding in marbled brown leather, gold-stamped wheel on the plates, backs with 5 nerves decorated in gold with scrolls and flowers, golden cuts, woodworm holes and small lacks on the backs. § Gabine monuments of the Villa Pinciana. Rome, Antonio Fulgoni, 1797. In the great 8th. Chalcographic title page with vignette drawn by Asprucci and engraved by F. Morelli and 62 plates engraved with lines depicting sculptures, some of which folded, small woodworm holes, some flowering, binding like the previous ones , back defects. Within a marbled cardboard box.


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First editions. "Of the origin and fortune of Gabj in the centuries prior to Augustus The scarce memories and the few events that were dispersed through Roman history and passed down to us are well known. The description, which in brief, but clear and precise terms , makes Dionysius of Alicarnassus, determines our ideas on the state of Gabj at the age of Augustus, and shows us how much truth is contained in the poetic expressions of Propertius, and Horace, the first of whom he called the Gabjnulli, the second desserti [...] ''. Graesse VII, & nbsp; p. 370 - Brunet V, 1315.

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