![ANTIQUITY -- BARTOLI, Pietro. Colona Traiana. Rome: G. de Rossi, [1673]. Oblong 2°. Engraved title, dedication and 126 plates. Late 18th-century calf-backed boards -- OVERBEKE, Bonaventura. Stampi degli avanzi dell'antica Roma. London: 1739. 2°. Engraved portrait of the Queen of Spain, folding map and 148 plates, of which 39 are bis. Contemporary vellum, Prince Borghese's copy -- BARBAULT, Jean. Les plus beaux monuments de Rome ancienne. Rome: Bouchard et Gravier, 1761. 2°. 73 engraved plates, 29 full-page and 44 half-page, engraved ornaments. Contemporary calf -- [DALTON, Richard. Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt. London: 1791.] 2°. 52 engraved plates only, including double-page view of Istanbul. (Without title and with only one leaf of text.) Contemporary half calf -- STUART, James and Nicholas REVETT. The Antiquities of Athens. London: John Nichols, 1794. Volume III only, 2°. Engraved maps and plates, one map hand-coloured. Contemporary ha](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CKS/2013_CKS_01186_0311_000(antiquity_--_bartoli_pietro_colona_traiana_rome_g_de_rossi_1673_oblong011836).jpg?w=1)
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ANTIQUITY -- BARTOLI, Pietro. Colona Traiana. Rome: G. de Rossi, [1673]. Oblong 2°. Engraved title, dedication and 126 plates. Late 18th-century calf-backed boards -- OVERBEKE, Bonaventura. Stampi degli avanzi dell'antica Roma. London: 1739. 2°. Engraved portrait of the Queen of Spain, folding map and 148 plates, of which 39 are bis. Contemporary vellum, Prince Borghese's copy -- BARBAULT, Jean. Les plus beaux monuments de Rome ancienne. Rome: Bouchard et Gravier, 1761. 2°. 73 engraved plates, 29 full-page and 44 half-page, engraved ornaments. Contemporary calf -- [DALTON, Richard. Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt. London: 1791.] 2°. 52 engraved plates only, including double-page view of Istanbul. (Without title and with only one leaf of text.) Contemporary half calf -- STUART, James and Nicholas REVETT. The Antiquities of Athens. London: John Nichols, 1794. Volume III only, 2°. Engraved maps and plates, one map hand-coloured. Contemporary half calf. With 8 other folio plate volumes on the ancient world. Most bindings rather worn. The lot sold as viewed not subject to return. (13)
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