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MORGHEN, Filippo (1730-post 1807) and Antonio CARDON (engravers). An album of engraved views of Naples, Pozzuoli, Chiaia and other regions, [Naples: 1765-1779].
2º (534 x 372mm). A collection of 96 engraved plates and maps, most by or after F. Morghen and A. Cardon, on 82 sheets, 7 folding or double-page, many plates printed on blue paper. (No titles or text, a few outer margins affected by damp.) Contemporary half roan (spine and corners worn). Provenance: Richard Simmons (bookplate) -- Jasper More (bookplate).
STRONG IMPRESSIONS, MANY ON BLUE PAPER. Filippo Morghen was the prolific engraver to the king of the Two Sicilies, and apart from two portraits at the start this album is devoted to views of Naples and its wider regions. The plate numbering suggests that the views are mainly drawn from five series. A smoking or erupting Vesuvius is shown in 6 numbered plates, variously signed by F. and R. Morghen, I. Vernet, and the Marchese Galiani. The next series of 10 plates has a dedication to Lord Baltimore dated Naples, 25 February 1765, and shows views of Paestum, some signed by both A. Jolli and F. Morghen. The next series consists of plates 3-40 of 40 numbered plates in Le antichita di Pozzuoli, Baja e Cuma (Naples: 1769). This is followed by a series of 14 sheets containing 28 plates by A. Cardon, several after G. Bracci, numbered 1-2, 5-30; a further 7 double-page or folding plates by Cardon numbered 31-37 show magnificent views of Chiaia which measure 534 x 975mm.
Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
2º (534 x 372mm). A collection of 96 engraved plates and maps, most by or after F. Morghen and A. Cardon, on 82 sheets, 7 folding or double-page, many plates printed on blue paper. (No titles or text, a few outer margins affected by damp.) Contemporary half roan (spine and corners worn). Provenance: Richard Simmons (bookplate) -- Jasper More (bookplate).
STRONG IMPRESSIONS, MANY ON BLUE PAPER. Filippo Morghen was the prolific engraver to the king of the Two Sicilies, and apart from two portraits at the start this album is devoted to views of Naples and its wider regions. The plate numbering suggests that the views are mainly drawn from five series. A smoking or erupting Vesuvius is shown in 6 numbered plates, variously signed by F. and R. Morghen, I. Vernet, and the Marchese Galiani. The next series of 10 plates has a dedication to Lord Baltimore dated Naples, 25 February 1765, and shows views of Paestum, some signed by both A. Jolli and F. Morghen. The next series consists of plates 3-40 of 40 numbered plates in Le antichita di Pozzuoli, Baja e Cuma (Naples: 1769). This is followed by a series of 14 sheets containing 28 plates by A. Cardon, several after G. Bracci, numbered 1-2, 5-30; a further 7 double-page or folding plates by Cardon numbered 31-37 show magnificent views of Chiaia which measure 534 x 975mm.
Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
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