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VASI, Giuseppe Agostino. Delle Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna... Rome: 1747-1761.
10 parts in 2 volumes, 2° (407 x 273mm). 2pp. list of subscribers, engraved dedication leaf in part I, 10 title vignettes, 207 views numbered to 200, initials and illustrations. (Part I lacks text leaf pp. 5/6, a few text leaves slightly discoloured.) Early-19th-century English blue half morocco gilt (rubbed). Provenance: R. H. Welch (armorial bookplate).
The plates include 10 additional engravings by Vasi, of which only 6 are listed by Scalabroni (pp. 109 & 111). Berlin Kea. 1880; Scalabroni pp. 20-29. (2)
10 parts in 2 volumes, 2° (407 x 273mm). 2pp. list of subscribers, engraved dedication leaf in part I, 10 title vignettes, 207 views numbered to 200, initials and illustrations. (Part I lacks text leaf pp. 5/6, a few text leaves slightly discoloured.) Early-19th-century English blue half morocco gilt (rubbed). Provenance: R. H. Welch (armorial bookplate).
The plates include 10 additional engravings by Vasi, of which only 6 are listed by Scalabroni (pp. 109 & 111). Berlin Kea. 1880; Scalabroni pp. 20-29. (2)