Lot 16
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DESGODETZ, ANTOINE. Les Édifices Antiques de Rome dessinés et mesurés très exactement. Paris: Jean Anisson 1695. Folio, 418 x 280mm. (16 7/16 x 11in.), contemporary dark red morocco, spine gilt, worn, joints and extremities rubbed, 2 double-page plates with very small holes at gutters, 3 with short marginal tears, light showthrough and offsetting, occasional light staining. Second issue of the first edition, with Anisson's printed label pasted down over the original Coignard imprint on the title-page, engraved architectural title, 137 full-page engravings (21 double-page), by Le Pautre, S. Le Clerc, N. Guerard and others after Desgodetz. Berkin Katalog 1863; Fowler 102 (first issue).

Details
DESGODETZ, ANTOINE. Les Édifices Antiques de Rome dessinés et mesurés très exactement. Paris: Jean Anisson 1695. Folio, 418 x 280mm. (16 7/16 x 11in.), contemporary dark red morocco, spine gilt, worn, joints and extremities rubbed, 2 double-page plates with very small holes at gutters, 3 with short marginal tears, light showthrough and offsetting, occasional light staining. Second issue of the first edition, with Anisson's printed label pasted down over the original Coignard imprint on the title-page, engraved architectural title, 137 full-page engravings (21 double-page), by Le Pautre, S. Le Clerc, N. Guerard and others after Desgodetz. Berkin Katalog 1863; Fowler 102 (first issue).
Provenance
W. R. Jeudwine, bookplate (sale, Bloomsbury Book Auctions, 29 November 1984, lot 145).