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MAGGI, Giovanni (1566-1618). Nuova raccolta di fontane che si vendano. nel alma citta di Roma Tivoli e Frascati. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo Rossi, [ca 1645].
Oblong 4° (262 x 398mm). Engraved throughout. Title with dedication to Andrea Corsini, 42 plates on 25 leaves, 18 leaves printed with 2 plates, by Maggi, Corduba and Barrière. (Some spotting, marginal in the main, the 13th leaf with slight surface damage to the right hand image.) Modern vellum-backed marbled boards, titled in gilt on spine.
The publisher, G.J. Rossi, active between 1645 and 1690, issued this collection of views of fountains by a number of earlier engravers, in various formats, both quarto and folio. The present work corresponds to the Berlin copy in plate count, if not in format. Cf. Berlin Kat 3599.
Oblong 4° (262 x 398mm). Engraved throughout. Title with dedication to Andrea Corsini, 42 plates on 25 leaves, 18 leaves printed with 2 plates, by Maggi, Corduba and Barrière. (Some spotting, marginal in the main, the 13th leaf with slight surface damage to the right hand image.) Modern vellum-backed marbled boards, titled in gilt on spine.
The publisher, G.J. Rossi, active between 1645 and 1690, issued this collection of views of fountains by a number of earlier engravers, in various formats, both quarto and folio. The present work corresponds to the Berlin copy in plate count, if not in format. Cf. Berlin Kat 3599.