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MAGGI, Giovanni (1566-1618). Aedificarum et Ruinarum Romae ex antiquis atque hodiernis monimentis. Rome: [part II.: Nicolaus van Aelst], 1611. 2 parts. Etched and engraved titles, 98 etched plates. (Title and a few plates repaired, marginal in the main but with slight loss to title and plate numbered 15.)
Bound with: N. van AELST (publisher.) Insigniores statuarum urbis Romae icones. Rome: Nicolaus van Aelst, [circa 1611]. Engraved throughout, title and 150 plates. (Title holed, plate numbered I torn in half horizontally and repaired, a few other plates with repairs to margins or small tears.)
2 works in 3 parts in 1 volume, 4° (247 x 180mm.). (Some general browning.) Old vellum (modern endpapers). Provenance: Library of the Congregation of the Oratorians (partially erased ownership inscriptions: 'Bibl. Cong. Orat.'); Franklin H. Kissner (sale Christie's 3 October 1990 lot 246 sold #935).
FIRST EDITION of the first work, and rare. It shows the ruins as they were in circa 1611, together with a reconstruction of the buildings as they would have been in their heyday. The second work depicts Roman sculpture. Olschki 17450.
Bound with: N. van AELST (publisher.) Insigniores statuarum urbis Romae icones. Rome: Nicolaus van Aelst, [circa 1611]. Engraved throughout, title and 150 plates. (Title holed, plate numbered I torn in half horizontally and repaired, a few other plates with repairs to margins or small tears.)
2 works in 3 parts in 1 volume, 4° (247 x 180mm.). (Some general browning.) Old vellum (modern endpapers). Provenance: Library of the Congregation of the Oratorians (partially erased ownership inscriptions: 'Bibl. Cong. Orat.'); Franklin H. Kissner (sale Christie's 3 October 1990 lot 246 sold #935).
FIRST EDITION of the first work, and rare. It shows the ruins as they were in circa 1611, together with a reconstruction of the buildings as they would have been in their heyday. The second work depicts Roman sculpture. Olschki 17450.