Grosvenor Prints

[Palazzo Montecitorio] Delineatio Palatii ad Innocentio XI in Monte Cita Torio Extructi.
Hieron. Frezza incidit.
[Italian, n.d., c.1720.]
Double-page folding etching on laid paper, 230 x 355mm. 9 x 14". Wide margins.
View of the principal facade of the palace completed 1694–1697 by Pope Innocent XII in the Piazza Montecitorio, Rome; the building houses the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Groups of figures to foreground. From an unidentified folio, numbered 'pag. 627' upper left.
[Ref: 24268] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Veduta della Piazza di Monte-cavallo.
R. Ruga inc. 1826.
In Roma presso Giac. Antonelli alle Convertite No. 179. B. e in Piazza di Sciarra No. 233.
Engraving with very large margins. 290 x 340mm (11½ x 13½").
A view from the Quirinal Hill, with the two colossal marble statues of the 'Horse Tamers' (which gave the Quirinal its medieval name, Monte Cavallo), with the obelisk from the Mausoleum of Augustus between them. The figures are usually identified as the 'Dioscuri' (twins Castor and Pollux), but an alternative theory is that it is a double representation of Alexander and his horse Bucephalus. Either way, the inscriptions 'Opus Phidiae' (shown here) and 'Opus Praxiteles' ('the work of Phidias & Praxiteles) are discredited. Their size prevented them being looted by Napoleon
[Ref: 30686] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Frontespizio della Istoria Romana incisa all'acqua Forte, da Bartolomeo Pinelli Romano 1818. In mezzo alle rovine del Foro, Roma mi apparve nella sua maestrosa dignità, e grandezza.
Pinelli inv. e inc.
[Rome, 1819.]
Etching. 315 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"), with large margins.
The artist, Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835), stands in the Roman Forum, with a figure of Rome holding a shield decorated with Romulus and Remus sucking the she-wolf. This was the frontispiece to Pinelli's series of 100 plates illustrating the the history of Republican Rome, as told in Charles Rollin's 'Istoria Romana'.
[Ref: 62145] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Ruins of Ancient Rome ~ Ruines de l'Ancienne Rome. The Amphitheatre ~ The Remains of the Senatorial Bridge. 6.
G.P. Pannini Pinx.t. J.S.Austin [William Austin] Sculp.t.
Printed for Bowles & Carver N.º 69 in St. Psul's Church Yard _ Whittle & Laurie 53 Fleet Street, & _ Robert Wilkinson _ 125 Fenchurch Street [n.d, c. 1815].
Engraving with fine hand colouring, 280 x 390mm (11 x 15¼"), large margins. Paper lightly toned.
A composite view of the Tiber, with several ruined Roman buildings, including the Colosseum and the three arches of the Ponte Rotto. From a series of ten plates engraved by William Austin (c.1733-1820) after Giovanni Paolo Pannini (c.1691-1765).
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray.
[Ref: 62130] £320.00

A View of the Piazza of St John de Lateran of the Cardinals College of the Holy Stairs in the Cty of Rome.
Parr sculp.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Copper engraving with large margins. 195 x 250mm, 7¾ x 9¾.
Piazza San Giovanni, with the 14th century BC Egyptian obelisk placed there by Pope Sistus V in 1588.
[Ref: 26273] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Tempio di Romolo.
F.P. Duflos del. et sculp.
[n.d. c.1748.]
Etching. Plate 129 x 179mm. 5 x 7". Large paper.
The Temple of Romulus, in the Roman Forum, which was dedicated by Emperor Maxentius to his son Valerius Romulus (d.309). From the series 'Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna'.
[Ref: 27970] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Prospectus Locorum Urbis Romæ Insicñ. Inventore Matthæo Gregorio de Rubeis Romano. Delineati et aere incisi a Livino Cruyl Gandavensi. Liber Primus. Alexandro VII P M Dicatus.
Romæ Typis Joannis Baptistæ de Rubeis Mediolanensis in foro Agonali Anno D. 1666, cum Privilegio Summi Pont.
Engraved titlepage, 385 x 260 (15¼ x 10¼"), with letterpress dedication, large margins. Two pinholes in image, tear in margin, staining at top.
A decorative titlepage to Matteo Gregorio de Rossi's 'Prospectus locorum urbis Romae Insignium', with a central plynth containing the title, with some of the important buildings of Rome, including St Peter's Basilica, the Capidoglio and the Pantheon, arrayed behind. The 'Prospectus' contained this title and ten plates drawn and engraved by Lievin Cruyl (1634-90+), a Flemish priest, draughtsman and etcher from Ghent who was active in Rome from 1664 until c.1670. He is credited helping develop the style of 'veduta' topography, pre-dating Piranesi by nearly a century. The focus of the 'Prospectus' was the building campaign of Pope Alexander VII (to whom the work is dedicated); apparently Cruyl drew buildings that were not yet finished from architects plans. Matteo Gregorio de Rossi (1638-1702) was the son and successor of the publisher Giovanni Battista de Rossi.
[Ref: 48182] £490.00

The Forum Trasni or Trajan's Square. Partly taken from ancient Medals [...] M.
Parr Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill 1741.
Engraving. 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"), with large margins.
A reconstruction of the forum, with Trajan's Column. From a series of classical views.
[Ref: 60655] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Arcus Argentariorum] Arch of the Goldsmiths.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by W. Havell & Son's.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Oct.r 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 345 x 470mm (13½ x 18½"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The Arcus Argentariorum (Arch of the Money-Changers), probably a monumental gate where the vicus Jugarius entered the Forum Boarium. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61199] £320.00

Arch of Janus.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Oct.r 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 345 x 475mm (13½ x 18¾"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The Arch of Janus, a tetrapylon triumphal arch of the edge of the Forum Boarium. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61200] £320.00

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by R. Reeve.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Nov.r 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 470 x 345mm (18½ x 13½), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Small smudges in unprinted area of plate on left. Uncut. Holes in right margin where previously bound.
The tomb of magistrate Gaius Cestius Epulo, built c. 15BC and incorporated into the Aurelian Walls between 271 and 275. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61201] £360.00

[Temple of Venus & Roma] Temple of the Sun & Moon.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for the Author, March 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 335 x 455mm (13¼ x 18"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The ruins of the Temple of Venus & Roma, showing its coffered vaulted ceiling. Behind is the church of St Maria Nuova. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61202] £320.00

Temple of Jupiter Tonans.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadeah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, September 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 480 x 345mm (19 x 13½), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. Some loss in upper margin. Uncut. Holes in right margin where previously bound.
The three remaining columns of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans, built by Augustus 22 BCE to celebrate his escape from being struck by lightning. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61205] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Arch of Septimius Severus.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, August 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 340 x 475mm (13½ x 08¾"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
A view of the Arch of Septimius Severus at the northwestern end of the Roman Forum, shown before the ground was cleared back to the original levels. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61206] £350.00

[Temple of Mars Ultor] The Forum of Nerva.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadeah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, August 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 475 x 345mm (18¾ x 13½), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in right margin where previously bound.
The remaining columns of the Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Nerva, built by Augustus. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61207] £320.00

[The Colonnace of the Forum of Nerva] The Temple of Pallas.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, August 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 345 x 470mm (13½ x 18½"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description, stained. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The remaining part of the Colonnace, an arcade that ran around the Forum of Nerva. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61208] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Temple of Minerva Medica.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by R. Reeve.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Oct.r 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 345 x 475mm (13½ x 18¾"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
Although known as the Temple of Minerva Medica, this is actually a nymphaeum (a monument dedicated to nymphs). It shows the dome that collapsed in 1828. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61209] £320.00

[Temple of Hercules Victor] Temple of Vesta.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Oct.r 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 340 x 470mm (13¼ x 18½"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The Temple of Hercules Victor in the Piazza Bocca della Verità, once the Forum Boarium, the earliest marble building to survive in Rome. It is a 'tholos', a round temple surrounded by a colonnade, a design usually associated with temples of Venus. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61210] £320.00

[Palatine Hill] Palace of the Cæsars.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by D. Havell.
Published for the Author, at 72 Newman S.t Oxford S.t March 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 340 x 470mm (13¼ x 18½"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
A view of the Domus Tiberiana on the Palatine Hill, with a procession of masked monks. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61211] £320.00

[Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine] Temple of Peace.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Published for the Author, at 72 Newman S.t Oxford S.t March 1. 1820.
Aquatint, printed in sepia. 350 x 475mm (13¾ x 18¾"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The northern aisle of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, the largest building in the Forum. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61212] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

[Temple of Castor & Pollux] Temple of Jupiter Stator.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Published for the Author, at 72 Newman S.t Oxford S.t June 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 480 x 350mm (19 x 13¾"), with large margins. With a sheet of letterpress description. 'Stator' of title on pasted label, as per Abbey copy. Uncut. Holes in right margin where previously bound.
The Temple of Castor and Pollux, the 'Dioscuri', in the Forum, built by Tiberius. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61213] £320.00

The Temple of Antoninus & Faustina.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by D. Havell.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, June 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 345 x 475mm (13½ x 18¾"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
The Temple of Antoninus & Faustina, in the Roman Forum, now the Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61214] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Forum from the Pillar of Phocus.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by D. Havell.
Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, June 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 340 x 475mm (13¼ x 18¾"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in top margin where previously bound.
A view of the Roman Forum with (left to right) the Pillar of Phocus (an Eastern Roman Emperor), the Temple of Saturn and the Temple of Vespasian and Titus. Behind is the Tabularium, the official records office of ancient Rome. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61215] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Quirinal, or Palace of the Pope on Mount cavallo at Rome. Le Quirinal, ou Palais du Pape sur le Montagne Cavallo a Rome. 10.
G. Falda Delin. Parr Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c. 1800].
Framed engraving with fine hand colouring, plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
This palace was built by Gregory XIII in 1574 as a summer residence, which serves today as the residence of Italy's president.
[Ref: 61272] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A View of S.t Martins Church, Also of the Arch of Septimus Severus, through which the Roman Generals marched... Vue L'Eglise de S.t Martin avec l'Arche de Septimus Severus... 6.
Piranesi delin.t. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving with hand colouring, plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Framed, size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some light staining. Tear near top on right going into the sky. Unexamined out of frame.
A view of the Arch of Septimus Severus in the Roman Forum, still half-buried. To the left is the Colonna di Foca (Phocas); to the right is the Chiesa Santi Luca e Martina martiri.
[Ref: 61280] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Ancient Temple of Minerva Medica, at Rome; Built by Augustus Caesar.
Busiri del: T. Smith pin: F. Vivares sculp:
Publish'd persuant to an Act of Parliament 15 July 1746.
Etching. 390 x 540mm (15¼ x 21¼") large margins. Repaired tears.
A view of a classical Roman ruin after Thomas Smith of Derby. Although still known as The Temple of Minerva Medica, it is a 4th century nymphaeum, a building devoted to the nymphs, connected to the nearby Aqua Claudia.
[Ref: 55062] £360.00

The Magnificent Buildings of the Piazza Navona at Rome. Shewing ~ Les Batiments Superbes & Fountaines de la Place Navone a Rome. 1. Prince Pantilius Palace, 2. St Agnes Church. 3. St. James Church. 4. the Fountain of Neptune. 5. The fountain of Four Rivulets. 6. Another Fountain answering to that of Neptune.
G. Wouters Cavelier delin. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c. 1816]
Engraving with fine hand colouring, 280 x 430mm (11 x 17), watermarked '1816'. Repaired tear entering image.
The Piazza Navona, one of Rome's liveliest squares, with fountains by Bernini and his great rival Borromini.
[Ref: 57401] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The Ælian Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo, with part of the City of Rome.]
[London, Carington Bowles?, c.1760.]
Engraving with very fine hand colour. Sheet 265 x 420mm (10½ x 16½"). Trimmed close to image, losing title, small tears, laid on album paper.
A general view of Rome, looking up the Tiber past the Ponte Sant'Angelo and Castel Sant'Angelo (the Mausoleum of Hadrian) to the dome of St Peter's Basilica in the distance.
[Ref: 58225] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Ruins of Ancient Rome] Remains of the Temple of Jupiter. Constantine's Column. S.t Paul's Gate. Mausoleum of one of Jupiter's Priests. Temple of Peace.
Gio. P. Pannini Pinx.t. R. Houston fecit.
Printed for John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint and etching, with fine original colour, 18th century watermark; 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Creased bottom left.
A composite view of some of the Roman antiquities (with their former names), in the Forum and elsewhere, with a ground of men in the centre.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67580] £320.00

Arch of Constantine.
H. Abbott del.t et sculp.t. Aquatinted by J. Gleadah.
Printed by T. Fielding, for the Author, March 1. 1820.
Fine aquatint, printed in sepia. 340 x 460mm (13½ x 18¼"), with large margins, watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'. With a sheet of letterpress description. Uncut. Holes in bottom margin where previously bound.
A view of the Arch of Constantine before the ground was cleared back to the original levels. Published in the Subscription Edition of Henry Abbot's 'Antiquities of Rome; comprising Twenty-Four Select Views of its Principal Ruins... Made in the Year 1818'.
Abbey Travel 179.
[Ref: 61203] £380.00

Rome in it's Original Splendor. Rome dans Sa Splendeur Ancienne. 1 An Egyptian Obelisk. 2 The Senate House. 3 A Triumphal Arch. 4 A Column Erected to Augustus. 5 The Temple of Fortune. 6 A Temple Dedicated to Jove ye Thunderer.
Printed for Whittle & Laurie N.º 53 Fleet Street _ Bowles & Carver N.º 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard. & _ Robert Wilkinson _ 125 Fenchurch Street.
Coloured engraving. 280 x 390mm (11 x 15¼"), large margins. Tear through title into plate repaired; top left corner extensively repaired, with mss. fill. Damaged.
An imaginary view of classical Rome.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62133] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Rome in it's Original Splendor. Rome dans Sa Splendeur Ancienne. 1 the Temple of Vesta. 2 Virgins going to Sacrifice. 3 The Imperial Palace. 4 A Fountain of Medicinal Water. 5 The Arch of Trajan. 6 The Tomb of Cestus.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson _ 125 Fenchurch Street _ Whittle & Laurie 53 Fleet Street & Bowles & Carver N.º 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard.
Coloured engraving, J. Whatman 1816 watermark; 280 x 390mm (11 x 15¼"), with very large margins. Small tear in margin, some paper tone.
An imaginary view of classical Rome.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62134] £320.00

Leben in Rom.
Hein.ch inv.t: del.t et inct. Hannover 1797.
Etching with hand colour, fine & rare. 435 x 535mm (17 x 21"). Trimmed within the plate at the bottom.
'Life in Rome', satirising the attractions of the city to Grand Tourists. Four girls with open bodices sit on a swing suspended in a doorway, playing tamborines, with a group of monks and a man playing the lute lying beneath all enjoying the view. Across the road tourists sit outside a coffee shop and a man sells wine from barrels on his donkey.
[Ref: 48521] £750.00

[The Classical ruins of Rome.]
[Antwerp, Hieronymus Cock n.d., c.1550.]
Engraving. 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
Hieronymus Cock (c.1517-70) visited Rome in the late 1540s, inspiring him to start up his own publishing firm in Antwerp in 1548, which became the most important print publishing firm from outside Italy. After his death in 1570 the firm was continued by his widow (Volcxken Diercx) until her death in 1600, when many of the plates were acquired by Philips Galle. However this plate seems to have been acquired by the van Doetecum brothers, who published it in 'Operum Antiquorum Romanorum' in 1562, with Cock's name removed.
[Ref: 57511] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[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.
[Ref: 55565] £580.00 view all images for this item

[The Colosseum, Rome] Colosseo.
[Anon.]
[Italian, n.d., c.1820s.]
Illustrated letter paper, unused, single sheet folded, so small 4to (260 x 195mm, 10¼ x 7¾"), watermarked wove paper. Generally good.
Before the advent of the postcard, these would have been sold to (grand) tourists so they could write to loved ones back home.
[Ref: 23521] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

A View of S.t Martins Church, Also of the Arch of Septimus Severus, through which the Roman Generals marched in their triumphs to the Capitol.
Piranesi delin.t. Bowles Sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson 58 Cornhill & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard. [n.d. c.1800]
Engraving with hand colour. 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"), large margins.
A view of the Arch of Septimus Severus in the Roman Forum, still half-buried. To the left is the Colonna di Foca (Phocas); to the right is the Chiesa Santi Luca e Martina. A copy of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's ''Arco di Settimio Severo'', 1759.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray.
[Ref: 62131] £320.00

[Rome] Urbis Romae Veteris ac Modernae Accurata Delineatio.
edita â Joh: Bapt: Homann S.C.M. Geographo Norimbergae. [n.d., c.1720].
Engraved map with original hand colour. 495 x 585mm (19½ x 23"). Wormhole and toning at centre fold, split at botton; tears in margin.
A detailed map of Ancient Rome decoratedwith figures representing the Catholic Church.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray.
[Ref: 62178] £580.00

Trinita di Monte. Rome.
R. Goff [signed in pencil and within plate].
1892.
Etching. Platemark: 95 x 145mm (3¾ x 5¾").
A view of the church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called merely the Trinità dei Monti in Rome. It is best known for its commanding position above the Spanish Steps which lead down to the Piazza di Spagna. Robert Charles Goff (1837–1922) was a printmaker and painter who specialised in topographical scenes, strongly influenced by the work of James McNeill Whistler. Brighton and Hove Museum and Art Gallery hold a large collection of Goff's work.
[Ref: 38046] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Distant view of Rome from Tivoli. From a picture in the posession of Frederick Perkins Esq. Gems of Art _ Plate 12.
Painted by Gaspar Poussin [Gaspard Dughet]. Engraved in Steel by S.W. Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
[London. Published Dec 1. 1823: by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square.]
Mezzotint on steel. 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾), with very large margins Some spotting.
Engraving after a painting by Gaspar Dughet (1615-75), who often used the name of his brother-in-law and teacher, Nicolas Poussin. Along with Claude Lorrain, Dughet was one of the landscape painters whose works were best-known to British audiences in the 18th century. His landscapes, disseminated through prints such as this, were highly influential on the nascent English landscape school. From 'Gems of Art: Forming a Choice Collection Engraved from Pictures of Acknowledged Excellence, Beauty, & Variety, Painted by Esteemed Masters of All Ages and Countries'.
Whitman 428a, but this state, with different plate number and lacking the publication line, not listed.
[Ref: 46349] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Monumens Antiques du Camp Vaccino, a Rome.
Junto Tarté del. Piringer sculp.
A Paris, chez Bance l'aine, Rue S.t Denis, no 214.
Large folio, original half calf; pp. ii + 6 numbered aquatints with etching, as called for. Original Binding distressed, sheets with damp staining outside very large margins.
Six views of the Roman Forum, called the Campo Vaccino because of the cows that grazed there, engraved by Benedikt Piringer.
[Ref: 56140] £980.00 view all images for this item

Veduta del Condotto dell'Acqua Vergine situato alla Chiavica del Bufalo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 370 x 455mm (14½ x 18"), with large margins, uncut.
The Acqua Vergine aquaduct was built by Marcus Agrippa in 19 BC, primarily to supply Agrippa's Baths. Said to have the purest water in Rome, it supplies the Trevi Fountain, fountains in Piazza Navona and di Spagna.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51544] £400.00

The City of Ancient Rome in the Reign of Caesar Augustus, Exhibiting in their proper Situations the Public & Magnificent Structures of Rome, in it's highestGlory. L'Antienne Ville De Rome comme elle etoit dans le reigne de Caesar Auguste...
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d. c.1800].
Framed engraving with fine hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Some small dots in the sky. Unexamined out of frame.
A perspective view of Ancient Rome.
[Ref: 61283] £320.00

Erinnerung an Florenz, Rom und Neapel.
W. Gail, del.t.
Tiesster Verehrung Gewildnet von Wilhelm Gail. 1829.
Folio, ½ Morocco; gilt; marbled boards. Printed title, 6 parts each with ½ title and five lithographic plates. Very scarce with wrappers. Rubbed.
30 views of Rome, Florence and Naples. By Wilhelm Gail (1804-1890) a German painter of architecture.
See Ref: 32003 for 6 plates from the volume.
[Ref: 32150] £2,500.00 view all images for this item

The Sepulchre of Cecilia Metella Crasi; upon the Appian Way, Two Miles from Rome. The Walls are 25 Feet thick, Sounding a Trumpet within it the Echo returns it 8 times.
Buisiri del: T. Smith pin: F. Vivares sc.
Publish'd 25 July 1746.
Fine engraving with etching. 550 x 400mm (21¾ x 15¾"), with large margins. Tears in the margins. Slight staining.
A view of the mausoleum of Cecilia Metella daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, whose father served under Julius Ceasar, built in the 1st Century BC and located on one of the southern roads into Rome. The scene shows the ruins of the rotunda and walls, several figures examine the fragments of ancient architecture which line the route.
[Ref: 68304] £330.00

[Aqua Julia] Veduta del Castello dell' Acqua Giulia. secondi lo scavo fatto in quest'anno 1822 nella Via Tiburtina.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 350 x 450mm (13¾ x 17¾"), with large margins, uncut.
The ruins of a castle, probably built to protect the Aqua Julia, Rome's water supply. According to the title the building was being excavated at the time of the view.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51560] £400.00

[Arch of Dolabella] Veduta della Fornice de Consoli Dolabella, e Silano, investila dagli Archi Neroniani provenienti dal Condotto dell'Aqua Claudia.~
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 460 x 390mm (18 x 15½"), with large margins, uncut. Crease at the top.
The Arch of Dolabella and Silanus, a rebuilding of one of the gates of the Servian Walls in 10 AD by the consuls P. Cornelius Dolabella and C. Junius Silanus. Nero's extension of the Acqua Claudia was built over the top of the arch.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51551] £400.00

[Arch of Drusus] Arco di Druso, e Porta Capena.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 390 x 460mm (15¼ x 18"), with large margins, uncut. Printer's creases just entering image.
A view of an arch at the beginning of the Appian Way known as the Arch of Drusus (for Nero Claudius Drusus, the conqueror of the Germans) but probably built later. Some years after construction the arch was utilised by the builders of the Aqua Antoniniana, a branch of the Aqua Marcia. Through the arch is the Porta Capena, a gate in the Servian wall.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51566] £300.00

[Arch of Drusus] Arco di Druso su del quale passava il Condotto Antoniano.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1819.
Etching. 455 x 355mm (18 x 14"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of an arch at the beginning of the Appian Way known as the Arch of Drusus (for Nero Claudius Drusus, the conqueror of the Germans) but probably built later. Some years after construction the arch was utilised by the builders of the Aqua Antoniniana, a branch of the Aqua Marcia.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51529] £400.00

Veduta dell' Interno dell'Araco du Giano.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 475 x 375mm (18¾ x 14¾"), with large margins, uncut.
A view from under the so-called Arch of Janus, the only quadrifrons triumphal arch remaining in Rome, at the edge of the Forum Boarium (cattle market). The church is the seventh century San Giorgio in Velabro, founded on the spot that Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf.
The first state, before the plate number, issued unbound. From an early 19th century folder titled 'Roman Engravings. The Property of Major E.G.G. Rugdon[?]'.
[Ref: 51531] £400.00

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