Rome (Italy). 1819-1823. Edition: First Edition (scarce) , Binding: Period half gilt brown morocco over marbled boards. Upper board loose, upper and lower parts of the spine are missing., Notes: As his predecessor Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rossini focused on extant antique Roman architecture and excavations in Rome and its environs, and rendered in exquisite detail classical architecture of Rome and its surrounding countryside. In contrast to Piranesi, he made greater use of the bucolic settings in his etchings of Roman ruins. His images of the architectural masterpieces of ancient Rome, including the Pantheon, the Coliseum, the Appian Way...etc., have greatly influenced architects, artists, writers, and other connoisseurs of Roman culture up to the present day. The figures give a contemporary feel to the antiquities and were worked on by the artist Bartolomeo Pinelli. , Size: Elephant oblong Folio, Illustration: Bound without the title as so often. 101 fine engraved plates of Rome, plates complete. All plates are unnumbered thus first edition as the later edition of 1829 has the plates numbered. , Category: Book Europe Italy; Book Art, Architecture & Design;. First and last plates slightly creased otherwise a near fine example of this scarce First Edition work by Rossini. The plates are clean and crisp. Item #B6349

Edition: First Edition (scarce) , Binding: Period half gilt brown morocco over marbled boards. Upper board loose, upper and lower parts of the spine are missing., Notes: As his predecessor Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rossini focused on extant antique Roman architecture and excavations in Rome and its environs, and rendered in exquisite detail classical architecture of Rome and its surrounding countryside. In contrast to Piranesi, he made greater use of the bucolic settings in his etchings of Roman ruins. His images of the architectural masterpieces of ancient Rome, including the Pantheon, the Coliseum, the Appian Way...etc., have greatly influenced architects, artists, writers, and other connoisseurs of Roman culture up to the present day. The figures give a contemporary feel to the antiquities and were worked on by the artist Bartolomeo Pinelli. , Size: Elephant oblong Folio, Illustration: Bound without the title as so often. 101 fine engraved plates of Rome, plates complete. All plates are unnumbered thus first edition as the later edition of 1829 has the plates numbered. , Category: Book Europe Italy; Book Art, Architecture & Design;.

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