Magnan, Dominique, le père]. - La Ville de Rome ou descripti - Lot 352

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Magnan, Dominique, le père]. - La Ville de Rome ou descripti - Lot 352
Magnan, Dominique, le père]. - La Ville de Rome ou description abrégée de cette superbe ville avec deux plans généraux et celles de ses XIV quartiers, gravés en taille douce pour la commodité des étrangers, troisième édition, corrigée et augmentée. Rome, Casaletti, 1783. 2 volumes in one in-12, bound in ivory vellum, stained title page, speckled edges - dusty binding - IV, 458 pp. Signed A-V12, two general maps of Rome and 14 folding plans of each of the 14 districts. Reprinted in 12-page format from the first folio edition of 1778, without the volumes of plates. Due to the science of Father Magnan (1731-1796), who was superior of the convent of the Minims of the Trinity of the Mounts, "it is of all the works in this genre that contains the most order and method; the judgments made on the monuments, statues, paintings, are exact and full of taste" (Hoefer).
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