ROSSI, Mattio Gregorio de and Livino CRUYL. Pianta di Roma come si trova al presente colle alzate delle fabriche piu nobili cosi antiche come moderne. Rome, Piazza Navona, M.G.de Rossi, 1696.

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ROSSI, Mattio Gregorio de and Livino CRUYL. Pianta di Roma come si trova al presente colle alzate delle fabriche piu nobili cosi antiche come moderne. Rome, Piazza Navona, M.G.de Rossi, 1696.

Engraved plan of Rome by Giulio Testone after Livino Cruyl, on two sheets, joined, overall 510 x 840mm. Engraved dedicatory arms and introduction signed by Rossi, nine small inset views of churches and palaces, detailed index set along lower margin (lower right corner lightly stained, creased along folds) -- FALDA, Giovanni Battista and Giovanni Giacomo de ROSSI. Recentis Romae Ichnographia et Hypsographia sive planta et facies ad magnificentiam qua sub Alexandro VII. [Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, circa 1660]. Engraved plan of Rome by Joannes Lhulier on two sheets, joined, overall 690 x 880mm. Decorative dedication cartouche, three indices inset, 7 inset views of the major churches (tear along centre fold, other folds creased, lightly stained at edges). -- together with Luigi Canina's Pianta Topografica di Roma Antica, 1850, mounted on cloth and folding, with slipcase, and 11 large engraved views of Rome by Falda and the Rossis, most after G.Wouters comprising a perspective of Trajan's Column; 2 plates of obelisk inscriptions; View of St. Peters Square ; Castel Sant'Angelo; Piazza di Spagnia; Piazza del Popolo; Piazza Navona; campidoglio moderno; Palazzo Pontificio nel Quirinale and the Amphitheatre, all stitched together, most damp-stained, one shaved at lower margin. (14)

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