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Tuesday 20 June 2023 e Wednesday 21 June 2023, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Giovanni Battista Mercati

Some views and perspectives of uninhabited places in Rome, 1629

Estimate

€ 350 - 450

Sold

€ 2.064

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

s.l., s.e., 1629. In 8° oblong (mm 155 x 230). 51 plates (of 52) including title page, dedication and a plate glued to the back of a leaf, first 4 leaves detached, light browning, some foxing and blushing, two plates restored, half vellum binding and marbled paper, gold title within back gusset. Paper ex libris on the back cover. 

Specialist Notes

Collection of intimate views, with a picturesque taste for ruins that anticipates that of Piranesi, and a stylistic approach that could be defined as impressionistic in portraying the ancient and Christian monuments of Urban VIII's Rome.