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In Rome, In the Printing House of Antonio de' Rossi, 1746. Folio (410×270 mm.), pp. 119. Complete with all six folded plates, of which four, engraved by Carlo Nolli and, limited to the decorative and vedutistic parts by Giambattista Piranesi, joined to form a single one, of the Tiber river basin, from Nera to Gavignano, splendid to be seen in its entirety for a total of cm. 69 x 176. On the frontispiece copper engraving with the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV; in the text 7 chalcographic vignettes and 5 drop caps. Some light blooming and sporadic redness. Half leather binding with title on spine gusset with 5 bands, defects on the binding. Exemplary printed on strong paper.
Specialist Notes
The large panels depicting the Tiber, its courses and its large river basin are by Carlo Nolli based on drawings by Chiesa and Gambarini, while the beautiful cartoons and engravings of the Roman outline are by Piranesi. The authors of the collection of tables on the fall and leveling of the Tiber (cc. O3-O4) are Giovanni Bottari and Eustachio Manfredi. Large and elegant filigree. Rossetti 1877.
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