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LETAROUILLY, Paul (1795-1855). Edifices de Rome moderne, ou recueil des palais, maisons, églises, couvents ... de la ville de Rome. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1840-57. 3 volumes of plates (without the text volume), 2° (579 x 409mm). Engraved frontispiece, double-page map, portrait of the author and 354 plates, half titles (some foxing). Contemporary marbled boards (rebacked recently with maroon morocco, some edges a little worn). Provenance: F. Bughe (signature on half titles). FIRST EDITION of one of the most important nineteenth-century publications on the architecture of Rome by Paul Letarouilly, a pupil and protégé of Charles Percier. (3)
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