Romae: Veneunt apud Auctorem in ædibus Comitis Thomati via Felice prope templum SS. Trinitatis in Monte Pincio;, c.1762. Binding: Contemporary half calf; double gilt fillets bordering marbled boards; spine with five (5) matching gilt fillets on raised bands, embossed gilt lettered title on two and four; pasted and free endpapers marbled; all edges marbled., Notes: Text in Latin and Italian.
This work was dedicated by Piranesi to one of his highly esteemed co-workers (during the 1750’s), Robert Adam. Concerning this Rome, 1762 edition, Luigi Ficacci states: “Edition Rome 1762. Engraved title on the title page: The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G. B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London. The Latin title page bears the title, the date of the edition, and the dedication to Robert Adam. The address is: “Veneunt apud Auctorem in aedibus Comitis Thomati via Felice prope Templum SS. Trinitatis in Monte Pincio”.
The volume is composed of 2 title pages (Latin and Italian, whose sequence varies according to the copy), 2 ornamented letters, 4 vignettes, 42 plates by Piranesi (5 of these plates are composed of several copperplates), and 1 engraved by Vesterhout*, 68 pages of text in Italian and Latin, preceded by 6 pages of dedication to Robert Adam and followed by 29 pages of indices. …
The genesis of the work goes back to the second half of the 1750s: its publication is announced as imminent in the first volume of Antichita Romane (1756). The large Plan of Campo Marzio and 6 copperplates (“Ichnographia” or plan of the Campus Martius, ill. 493), executed in collaboration with Robert Adam and dedicated to him, is dated 1757 on the plate. The approbatio is dated 1761. The plate by Vesterhout (plate XXXI, …) reproduces the technical solution adopted by Carlo and Francesco Fontana for restoration of the Column of Antonius Pius in 1705.”

*Plate XXXI, depicting the excavation of the Antonine column in 1705, was signed by both, its engraver, Arnold Van Westerhout or Vesterhout, and by its designer and artist, Franciscus Fontana.
The second illustrated title or title in Italian reads: 'Il Campo Marzio Dell'Antica Roma'.


, Size: Folio (542 x 406mm)., Illustration: Copper engravings with illustrated title in Latin, illustrated title in Italian, two half-page head-piece vignettes opening dedication at a1v-2r; two engraved decorative copper initials opening the text at A1v and A2r; two large end-piece vignettes at R2v, and R3r; moreover, Tab. I-XLVIII with fifty-two (52) copper engraved plates; these include: a double-page plate numbered XXXII, two triple or oversized folding plates numbered II and XXXI; a larger oversized engraving (1500x1500mm) encompassing plates V-X forming the plan of the Campus Martius; a single page numbered XLVIII, depicting three copper plates, entitled “Elevazione de’ Teatri…” , “Elevazione del Pantheon…” and “Elevazione dell’ Anfiteatro”; single pages two [half-page] copper plates each - numbered XII (entitled “Hypsographia…” and “Sectio…”) and XLVI (entitled “A Reliquiae…” and “Orthographia…”) respectively; the remaining copper plates full or single page sized. , Provenance: Upper marginal corner of upper pasted endpaper with sticker reading “C.E.Rappaport // Libri Rari // Roma”- , References: Luigi Ficacci, pp. 394-431; Focillon (1964): 428-479; Hind (1978): 85; Millard iv (2000): 91; RIBA, Early Pr. iii (1999): 2551; Wilton-Ely (1994): 559-612. , Pages: Ll: Bl. (2), Illustrated title in Latin, illustrated title in Italian, a1-b2 (with dedication), A1-Q2, R1-3 (with approbation and explanatory texts); a1-c2 (with Index) ; *1-***2, ****1-3 (with catalogues); [illustrations: Tab.I-XLVIII]; bl. (2). , Category: Book Art, Architecture & Design; Book Europe Italy; Book Plate Books General; Book Antiquities;. Fine thick laid 18th century Italian paper with wide margined paper watermarked engravings; spine and corners worn – A handsome and attractive example, plates are clean and crisp. Item #B6600

Binding: Contemporary half calf; double gilt fillets bordering marbled boards; spine with five (5) matching gilt fillets on raised bands, embossed gilt lettered title on two and four; pasted and free endpapers marbled; all edges marbled., Notes: Text in Latin and Italian.
This work was dedicated by Piranesi to one of his highly esteemed co-workers (during the 1750’s), Robert Adam. Concerning this Rome, 1762 edition, Luigi Ficacci states: “Edition Rome 1762. Engraved title on the title page: The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G. B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London. The Latin title page bears the title, the date of the edition, and the dedication to Robert Adam. The address is: “Veneunt apud Auctorem in aedibus Comitis Thomati via Felice prope Templum SS. Trinitatis in Monte Pincio”.
The volume is composed of 2 title pages (Latin and Italian, whose sequence varies according to the copy), 2 ornamented letters, 4 vignettes, 42 plates by Piranesi (5 of these plates are composed of several copperplates), and 1 engraved by Vesterhout*, 68 pages of text in Italian and Latin, preceded by 6 pages of dedication to Robert Adam and followed by 29 pages of indices. …
The genesis of the work goes back to the second half of the 1750s: its publication is announced as imminent in the first volume of Antichita Romane (1756). The large Plan of Campo Marzio and 6 copperplates (“Ichnographia” or plan of the Campus Martius, ill. 493), executed in collaboration with Robert Adam and dedicated to him, is dated 1757 on the plate. The approbatio is dated 1761. The plate by Vesterhout (plate XXXI, …) reproduces the technical solution adopted by Carlo and Francesco Fontana for restoration of the Column of Antonius Pius in 1705.”

*Plate XXXI, depicting the excavation of the Antonine column in 1705, was signed by both, its engraver, Arnold Van Westerhout or Vesterhout, and by its designer and artist, Franciscus Fontana.
The second illustrated title or title in Italian reads: 'Il Campo Marzio Dell'Antica Roma'.


, Size: Folio (542 x 406mm)., Illustration: Copper engravings with illustrated title in Latin, illustrated title in Italian, two half-page head-piece vignettes opening dedication at a1v-2r; two engraved decorative copper initials opening the text at A1v and A2r; two large end-piece vignettes at R2v, and R3r; moreover, Tab. I-XLVIII with fifty-two (52) copper engraved plates; these include: a double-page plate numbered XXXII, two triple or oversized folding plates numbered II and XXXI; a larger oversized engraving (1500x1500mm) encompassing plates V-X forming the plan of the Campus Martius; a single page numbered XLVIII, depicting three copper plates, entitled “Elevazione de’ Teatri…” , “Elevazione del Pantheon…” and “Elevazione dell’ Anfiteatro”; single pages two [half-page] copper plates each - numbered XII (entitled “Hypsographia…” and “Sectio…”) and XLVI (entitled “A Reliquiae…” and “Orthographia…”) respectively; the remaining copper plates full or single page sized. , Provenance: Upper marginal corner of upper pasted endpaper with sticker reading “C.E.Rappaport // Libri Rari // Roma”- , References: Luigi Ficacci, pp. 394-431; Focillon (1964): 428-479; Hind (1978): 85; Millard iv (2000): 91; RIBA, Early Pr. iii (1999): 2551; Wilton-Ely (1994): 559-612. , Pages: Ll: Bl. (2), Illustrated title in Latin, illustrated title in Italian, a1-b2 (with dedication), A1-Q2, R1-3 (with approbation and explanatory texts); a1-c2 (with Index) ; *1-***2, ****1-3 (with catalogues); [illustrations: Tab.I-XLVIII]; bl. (2). , Category: Book Art, Architecture & Design; Book Europe Italy; Book Plate Books General; Book Antiquities;.

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