![FALDA, Giovanni Battista (1648-1678). Le fontane di Roma nelle piazze e luoghi pubblici della cittá. Rome: Giacomo de Rossi, [c.1691]. 4 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (282 x 412mm). 4 frontispieces, 4 dedications and 98 (of 99) plates of which 3 folding, all engraved by Falda and Venturini. (Lacking plate 27 in part I, occasional light marginal spotting, heavier on first title.) Contemporary half vellum, spine gilt with title label, speckled edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; book label).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0379_001(falda_giovanni_battista_le_fontane_di_roma_nelle_piazze_e_luoghi_pubbl114351).jpg?w=1)
![FALDA, Giovanni Battista (1648-1678). Le fontane di Roma nelle piazze e luoghi pubblici della cittá. Rome: Giacomo de Rossi, [c.1691]. 4 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (282 x 412mm). 4 frontispieces, 4 dedications and 98 (of 99) plates of which 3 folding, all engraved by Falda and Venturini. (Lacking plate 27 in part I, occasional light marginal spotting, heavier on first title.) Contemporary half vellum, spine gilt with title label, speckled edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; book label).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0379_002(falda_giovanni_battista_le_fontane_di_roma_nelle_piazze_e_luoghi_pubbl114420).jpg?w=1)
![FALDA, Giovanni Battista (1648-1678). Le fontane di Roma nelle piazze e luoghi pubblici della cittá. Rome: Giacomo de Rossi, [c.1691]. 4 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (282 x 412mm). 4 frontispieces, 4 dedications and 98 (of 99) plates of which 3 folding, all engraved by Falda and Venturini. (Lacking plate 27 in part I, occasional light marginal spotting, heavier on first title.) Contemporary half vellum, spine gilt with title label, speckled edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; book label).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0379_000(falda_giovanni_battista_le_fontane_di_roma_nelle_piazze_e_luoghi_pubbl073404).jpg?w=1)
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FALDA, Giovanni Battista (1648-1678). Le fontane di Roma nelle piazze e luoghi pubblici della cittá. Rome: Giacomo de Rossi, [c.1691]. 4 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (282 x 412mm). 4 frontispieces, 4 dedications and 98 (of 99) plates of which 3 folding, all engraved by Falda and Venturini. (Lacking plate 27 in part I, occasional light marginal spotting, heavier on first title.) Contemporary half vellum, spine gilt with title label, speckled edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; book label).
'This collection of plates is the most charming that has ever appeared on the fountains of Rome and its environs ... all copies examined vary in numbering and arrangement of plates' (Fowler). The precise date of the original publication is unknown but c. 1675-1685. The early impressions do not have the plate numbering which appeared later, perhaps with this edition, around 1691 (Berlin Kat.). BL, 17th century Italian books, p.327; Bruni and Evans, 4361; Cicognara 3863 (part I-III only); Fowler, pp. 97-99; RIBA 1014 (first edition); Berlin Kat. 3603-4.
'This collection of plates is the most charming that has ever appeared on the fountains of Rome and its environs ... all copies examined vary in numbering and arrangement of plates' (Fowler). The precise date of the original publication is unknown but c. 1675-1685. The early impressions do not have the plate numbering which appeared later, perhaps with this edition, around 1691 (Berlin Kat.). BL, 17th century Italian books, p.327; Bruni and Evans, 4361; Cicognara 3863 (part I-III only); Fowler, pp. 97-99; RIBA 1014 (first edition); Berlin Kat. 3603-4.