[Prospect of Rome] Roma.
L. De Lincler Delineavit ad vivum. Isreal Silvestro Lincidit. P. Mariette ex. excudit parisijs. cum privil. Regis. Anno D.ni 1642 [but c.1816]. Engraving on four sheets. Each 185 x 310mm (7¼ x 12¼"), with very large margins, two plates watermarked 'J. Whatman 1816'. Excellent condition with some faint scuffing in the margins. A prospect of Rome from the north, with a 44-point key of places from the Porta del Popolo to the Vatican Gardens and 'Fortificationi Moderne'. The view was drawn by de Lincler, a French painter, engraved by Israel Silvestre and originally published in Paris by Pierre Mariette in 1642. The Whatman paper of this example suggests a London printing.
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