Grosvenor Prints

[Cardinal Richelieu] Armandus Joannes du Plessis Cardinalis Dux de Richelieu [...]
[after Philippe de Champaigne, 1600]
Engraving with two accompanying letterpress sheets, 17th century watermark; each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"), very large margins on 3 sides. Time stained. Trimmed nearly to image on left.
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and of Frontac (1585-1642), French clergyman, nobleman and statesman. Richelieu became a cardinal in 1622 and Louis XIII's chief minister in 1642. On his death he was succeeded in this position by his protegé, Cardinal Mazarin. A shrewd statesman who played a key role in the transformation of France into a modern centralized state and helped ensure French dominance in the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), Richelieu was also a great patron of the arts, whose achievements in this field included the founding of the Académie Française. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men (and women) hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (although only four of the original paintings survive). This portrait, of Richelieu himself, concluded the sequence. Champaigne painted several versions of the portrait, including those in the National Gallery, London, and the Louvre.
[Ref: 40070] £360.00

[France] Jean Armand du Plessis Cardinal Duc de Richelieu.
[after Philippe de Champaigne, c.1700.]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8"). Crease lower right.
Book page with portrait of Cardinal Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis, 1585-1642), clergyman and statesman who became Louis XIV's first chief minister. He was also a famous patron of the arts and author of several books.
[Ref: 34252] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Athanasius Rodulphius. Patritius Florentinus, pro Seren.mo Magno Hetru riae Duce ad Pacis universalis trae tatus 1648. Inquirunt Pacem et Peresquuntur Eam.
Anselmus van Halle pinxit. Petrus de Ioden sculpsit.
Accessit Privilegium Caesareum. Cum privilegio Regum eet Hollandiae Ordinum 1649.
Engraving, with collector's stamp on verso with very large margins. Plate 305 x 196mm (12 x 7¾"). Excellent impression.
Anatasio Ridolfi, a Catholic theologian and secretary of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. He served as Envoy for the Peace of Westphalia.
Lugt 1921: [Cabinet Brentano-Birckenstock].
[Ref: 28451] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Gen.l Don Raphaele del Riego.
A. Aglio del. Printed by P. Sinonau.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 445 x 340mm (17½ x 13½"). Horizontal fold at centre, wear to edges.
Rafael del Riego y Nuñez (1784-1823), Spanish general and liberal politician who played a key role in the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War of 1820-3. After Agostino Aglio.
[Ref: 53157] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Il Generale Rafaele de Riego.
Fatto da suoi amici P,G. G.P.R. On Stone by Maenza.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Rare lithograph. 140 x 108mm. 5½ x 4¼". Cut.
Rafael del Riego y Nuñez (1784-1823) was a Spanish general and liberal politician, who played a key role in the outbrakc of the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823.
[Ref: 15434] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

L'auberge Du Righi Koulom.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet size: 123 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Trimmed to printed area and glued to sheet.
A rural scene on a hillside overlooking a mountain range. Cattle can be seen grazing to the right of a path leading to a large building. A number of figures are outside the building, some of whom are on horseback, and some in conversation. There is also a 'look out' post on stilts in the distance to the left, with three figures at the top.
[Ref: 31995] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

In Den Ijssel.
K.F. Bendorp. ad viv: del: et sculp: a Dordrecht. 1785.
Te Amsterdam by W. Holtrop.
Etching and engraving. Plate 252 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"). Small margins.
River view from the shore of the Ijssel, The Netherlands. After Carel Frederik Bendorp.
[Ref: 52390] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Apprehension of Robespierre.... [&] The Death of Robiespierre...
Barbier invenit. Engraved by James Aliprandi. [&] Painted by T. Beys. Engraved by James Idnarpila.
London, Published April 1. 1796. [&] London Published the 30. of June 1799.
Two stipple engravings. Each 410 x 290mm, 16 x 11½". Large margins.
The arrest and execution on the guillotine of Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94), the most famous figure of the French Revolution. It is interesting that Aliprandi's name appears engraved backwards on the second plate.
[Ref: 19974] £350.00 view all images for this item

Rocca Giovine Généralement Supposée l'ancien Fanun Vacunae [...]
Peint à Gouache par J. Ph. Hackert 1780 Gravé à l'eau forte par B.A. Duncker et terminé par G. Eichler
Engraving, platemark: 380 x 470mm. (15 x 18¼"), with very large margins. Some creasing. Repaired tear in top margin.
View in the small rural village of Roccagiovine in the countryside outside Rome. It is now part of the Monti Lucretili natural park. One of a series of landscapes of the Roman countryside after gouaches by Philipp Hackert (1737 - 1807), painter and etcher. Born in Prenzlau north of Berlin, he came to Italy in 1768, settling in Rome where he joined a German group of artists also including Anton Raphael Mengs and the art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann. In 1786 he settled in Naples as court painter to Ferdinand IV.
Provenance: Torridon House Lovelace/King Family.
[Ref: 39574] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[France.] Achile Roche. David 1831.
[after David D'Angers.]
Engraving on india. Plate 247 x 215mm (9¾ x 8½").
From a Medallion by David D'Angers. Achille Roche (1801-1834), the French revolutionary and journalist who was born in Paris. After serving as secretary to Benjamin Constant, Roche wrote political novels and, in 1825, history of the French Revolution. A great admirer of Robespierre, he praised the Reign of Terror in his introductions to 'Memoires de Lavasseur de la Sarthe'. As a consequence, he spent four months in prison. He joined the Society of Friends of the Constitution and formed the journal 'Mouvement'. Following its confiscation in 1832, Roche became editor of the 'Tribune' and publisher of the 'Patriote de l'Allier' in Moulins, where he died.
[Ref: 34641] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Alexander Roelans I.F.IN.D. in Eynthout Excellentiss: Comitis de Tassis etc. Veredar: Cesar: et Reg: Pref: General: apud Antuerpien: Optio. Ætatis XVIII.
A v Diepenbecke delin: W. Hollar sculp:
Londini Ao 1655.
Etching. Sheet 125 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed to image. Slight loss top left. Laid on sheet on right margin.
An oval portrait of Alexander Roelants aged 18. He was appointed Imperial postmaster for the Netherlands, an hereditary post, aged 10. Wenceslaus Hollar engraved portraits of several members of the family.
Pennington 1491, state ii of ii, with the addition of the title.
[Ref: 51656] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Jacob Roelants] V.N. Jacobus Roelans, D. in Eynthout Pietate Prudentia, Doctrima Spectatiss; Sanatori Ordinis.
W. Hollar fecit aqua forta Aº 1648 Antwerpiæ.
Etching. 130 x 85mm (5¼ x 3¼"), with wide margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of Jacob Roelants (1568-c.1651). Imperial postmaster for the Netherlands and member of the Great Council of Mechelen. Wenceslaus Hollar engraved portraits of several members of the family.
Pennington 1493, state ii of iii, before the light patch worked over.
[Ref: 53230] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Paolo Rolli.
[n.d. c.1700].
Mezzotint engraving. 270 x 207mm. One prominent spot of foxing just to left of image.
Paolo Rolli was illustrious among the authors of Italian songs in the late 17th century. He was a member of the Academy of Arcadia, a literary academy founded in Rome during 1690.
[Ref: 348] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[France] Carolus Rollin. Ant. Univ. Paris. Rector. Natus Lut. Paris. die 30 Jan. 1661. Obiit die 14 Sept 1741. Quid doctae ingenio, quid prosint moribus Artes Viva voce pruis, dein calamo exposui. Mox veterum adjunxi populoru exempla. Quirites Dum sequor, inceptum mors mihi rupit opus. Omnes Relligio accendit pictasque labores. Quam petii merces sit mihi magna Deus. D. Crevier.
to face the Title. G. Vertue Sculp.
Impensis I. & P. Knapton, Londini, 1754.
Engraving. 146 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½").
Charles Rollin (1661-1741), the French historian and educator. In 1684 he was made a master in the College du Plessis and then in 1694 he was made rector of the University of Paris.
[Ref: 28629] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Femmes d'un Pacha Escortées par des Serviens. Danube rive droite 7 Juillet, 1837.
Raffet 1838. Imprimé par August Bry, r du Bac 134.
Chez Gihaut frères éditeurs, Boulevart des Italiens, 5. [Paris, 1838-48.]
Lithograph on chine collé, laid on original paper printed with title and inscriptions. Total printed area 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾") very large margins.
A rowing boat on the Danube carrying the wives of a pacha, escorted by Serbian cavalry on the shore. Drawn by Denis Raffet for Demidov's 'Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie, exécuté en 1837'. Despite being a Russian prince, Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (1813-70), spent much of his life in Paris, from where he financed this scientific expedition to Southern Russia, with Frenchman Denis-Auguste Raffet as the official artist.
[Ref: 48195] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Roman Temple, Demsus.
G. Hering delt _ T. Fairland lith. Printed by Fairland.
[London: T. McLean, 1838.]
Lithograph, rare, image 370 x 270mm. 14½ x 10¾".
A view inside Densus Church (also known as St Nicholas' Church) in the village of Densus, Romania, one of the oldest Romanian churches still standing. It was built in the 7th century (with 13th century additions) on the site of a 2nd century Roman temple, with materials from the Dacian Sarmizegetusa fortress. From 'Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary and Transylvania' (26 plates), by George Edwards Hering (1805-1879).
Abbey Travel 79, 25.
[Ref: 26805] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Iron-Gate Pass between Hungary and Transylvania _Wallachian Peasants.
G. Hering del: Cattn. Smith Lith:
[London: T. McLean, 1838.]
Sepia-tinted lithograph, rare, image 280 x 390mm. 11 x 15¼".
A group of Romanian peasants pausing at a shrine to pray. From 'Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary and Transylvania' (26 plates), by George Edwards Hering (1805-1879).
Abbey Travel 79, 24.
[Ref: 26808] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Jassy.
A.N. del. I. Clark sc.
Published by Mess.rs Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1818.
Coloured aquatint. 210 x 266mm. 8¼ x 10½". Offset.
A view of Ia?i, one of the largest cities in Romania. It was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1862 and the capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918. From Adam Neal, M. D., "Travel through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia and Turkey, London, 1818".
[Ref: 27785] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de Yassy, prise du balcon de l'hotel de St Petersbourg. (Moldavie) 19 Juillet, 1837.
Raffet 1840. Imprimé par August Bry, r du Bac 134.
Chez Gihaut frères éditeurs, Boulevart des Italiens, 5. [Paris, 1838-48.]
Lithograph on chine collé, laid on original paper printed with title and inscriptions. Total printed area 240 x 290mm (9½ x 11½") very large margins.
A view of the rooftops of Iasi, once the capital of Moldavia but now part of Romania. Three cavalrymen stand in the foreground. The view was drawn by Denis Raffet for Demidov's 'Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie, exécuté en 1837'. Despite being a Russian prince, Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (1813-70), spent much of his life in Paris, from where he financed this scientific expedition to Southern Russia, with Frenchman Denis-Auguste Raffet as the official artist.
[Ref: 48198] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Russo-Turkish War.] Die Kaiserl. Russische Armee parssirt den Pruth, und die Feindseligkeiten die Türken beginnen, d. 7.ten Mai 1828.
[Wunder sc.]
[Nuremberg?, c.1829.]
Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 175 x 205mm (7 x 8"). Trimmed.
A scene from Russo-Turkish War (1827-29): the Russian army using pontoon bridges to cross the Pruth river, between Romania and Moldova. The war started after the Russians helped the Greek independence movement fight the Battle of Navarino in 1827: the Turks closed the Dardanelles to Russian ships and revoked the Akkerman Convention. The war ended with the Treaty of Adrianople, which increased Russian dominance around the Black Sea area and Georgia, and, most importantly, forced the Sultan to promise autonomy for Greece.
[Ref: 29837] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Oyetwar Peasant. Wallachian Peasant.
G. Hering del: _Cattn. Smith lith:
[London: T. McLean, 1838.]
Two sepia-tinted lithographs on one sheet, rare, each image c.275 x 205mm. 10¾ x 8".
Two Eastern European figures in traditional costume. From 'Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary and Transylvania' (26 plates), by George Edwards Hering (1805-1879).
Abbey Travel 79, 8.
[Ref: 26803] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Église Grecque a Bukharest. (Valachie) 15 Juillet, 1837.
Raffet 1839. Imprimé par August Bry, r du Bac 134.
Chez Gihaut frères éditeurs, Boulevart des Italiens, 5. [Paris, 1838-48.]
Lithograph on chine collé, laid on original paper printed with title and inscriptions. Total printed area 230 x 305mm (9 x 12") very large margins.
A Greek Orthodox church in Bucharest, drawn by Denis Raffet for Demidov's 'Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie, exécuté en 1837'. Despite being a Russian prince, Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (1813-70), spent much of his life in Paris, from where he financed this scientific expedition to Southern Russia, with Frenchman Denis-Auguste Raffet as the official artist.
[Ref: 48200] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Église de St Georges. Bukharest. (Valachie) 15 Juillet, 1837.
Raffet 1839. Imprimé par August Bry, r du Bac 134.
Chez Gihaut frères éditeurs, Boulevart des Italiens, 5. [Paris, 1838-48.]
Tinted lithograph on chine collé, laid on original paper printed with title and inscriptions. Total printed area 210 x 310mm (8¼ x 12¼") vry large margins.
Biserica Sfantul Gheorghe Nou or Saint George New Church (despite being built in 1707) , drawn by Denis Raffet for Demidov's 'Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie, exécuté en 1837'. Despite being a Russian prince, Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (1813-70), spent much of his life in Paris, from where he financed this scientific expedition to Southern Russia, with Frenchman Denis-Auguste Raffet as the official artist.
[Ref: 48201] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Foire de St Pierre à Giouyevo (Valachie) 15 Juillet, 1837.
Raffet 1839. Imprimé par August Bry, r du Bac 134.
Chez Gihaut frères éditeurs, Boulevart des Italiens, 5. [Paris, 1838-48.]
Lithograph on chine collé, laid on original paper printed with title and inscriptions. Total printed area 240 x 345m (9½ x 13½") very large margins.
A fair at Giurgiu. Romania, a port town probably founded by Genoese merchants in the 14th century. Despite being a Russian prince, Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (1813-70), spent much of his life in Paris, from where he financed this scientific expedition to Southern Russia, with Frenchman Denis-Auguste Raffet as the official artist.
[Ref: 48202] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Tsar Michael Fedorovich Romanov] Michel Phedorwitz Grand Duc de Moscovie de l'an 1612 il est de la religion des grecs Schiematiques, et grand Capitaine:
B. Moncornet ex. [n.d., c.1660.]
Engraving. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4¼") large margins. Staining in margins.
Oval portrait of Tsar Michael I (Mikhaíl Fyodorovich Románov, 1596-1645), Russia's first Romanov ruler.
[Ref: 58661] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[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)

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)

[A Muleteer on the Via Appia.]
Both fc.
[n.d., c.1655.]
Etching. Plate: 200 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"). Trimmed.
A view on the Via Appia showing a man watering his mules at the river. From a series 'Views of Rome and its Environs' by Jan Both.
[Ref: 47578] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Rome. Le Capitole. Roma. Il Campidoglio.
Dessiné d'après nature par Ph. Benoist. Imp par Lemercier à Paris. Lith par. Bachelier.
Paris. Bullas éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et (Mon. Aumont) François Delarue, succ. rue J.J.Rousseau 10.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 460 x 320mm (18 x 12½"), with very large margins.
A view of the Capitoline Hill as seen from the Via del Teatro di Marcello, in which the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, the Palazzo Senatore can be seen, the Piazza del Campidoglio located at the top of the steps was deisgned by Michelangelo between 1536-1546.
[Ref: 41871] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Domus Aurea, Rome] Domus aurea Neronis, aus welchem Herzlichen gebäü
J.B. F. v. E. delineavit
Cum Pri: Sac Caes: Majest: [Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Text in French and German; foxing to margins only. Crease.
The Domus Aurea, a large villa built by Nero after the fire in AD 64 destroyed residences on the slope of the Palatine Hill. Beneath the text are the famous verses written on the city walls or spread verbally, reported by Suetonius and Martial. Plate from Austrian architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach's 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) , the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations. When Fischer designed Vienna's Imperial Stables, they were explicitly based upon Nero's villa.
For Vienna's Imperial Stables, see ref.33399
[Ref: 33418] £350.00

Rome. Pont-rompu et Temple de Vesta. Roma. Ponte rotto e Tempio di Vesta.
Dessiné d'après nature par Ph. Benoist. Imp par Lemercier à Paris. Lith par. Bachelier.
Paris. Bullas éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et (Mon. Aumont) François Delarue, succ. rue J.J.Rousseau.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 460 x 320mm (18 x 12½"), with very large margins. Very slight foxing.
A view of the river Tiber in Rome showing the ruins of the ruined Ponte Rotto amd the temple of Hercules Victor, incorrectly labelled as the Temple of Vesta.
[Ref: 41870] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Accurata, e succinta descrizione topografica e istorica di Roma Moderna Opera Postuma dell'Abate Ridolfino Venuti Cortonese...
In Roma MDCCLXVIII. Presso Carlo Barbiellini.
4 vols, 8vo, half calf with marbled boards; pp. xii +1300 (inc. half-title and four titles), 54 folding engraved plates. Spines distressed, tear in vol. 1 x6, otherwise fine. Ownership inscription 'W. Rooker Rome 1778' on half-title.
A study of the buildings of Rome, written by abbot Ridolfino Venuti (1705-63), with several etched plates by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
[Ref: 35768] £2,500.00 view all images for this item

Ponte Senatorio oggi detto Ponte rotto.
Israel Silvestre del. Piranesi sc.
[n.d., c.1748.]
Etching. 130 x 255mm (5 x 10").
The Pons Aemilius, today called the Broken Bridge, with a collapsed span. The circular temple is not the Temple of Vesta but Hercules Victor, in Foro Boaro. Published in Piranesi's 'Antichità Romanae de Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori', after a design by the 17th century French artist Israel Silvestre.
[Ref: 36480] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Rome. Place d'Espagne. Roma. Piazza di Spagna.
Dessiné d'après nature par Ph. Benoist. Imp par Lemercier à Paris. Lith par. Bachelier.
Paris. Bullas éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et (Mon. Aumont) François Delarue, Succ. 10 rue J.J.Rousseau.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 460 x 320mm (18 x 12½"), with very large margins.
A view of the Spanish Steps looking towards the church of Trinita dei Monte at the top from the Piazza di Spagna. The Fontana della Barcaccia is depicted in the foreground to the right.
[Ref: 41872] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Ælian Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo, with part of the City of Rome. Le Pont d'Ælian et le Chateaux de St. Angelo, avec partie de la Ville de Rome. No.13
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 _ in Cornhill & Bowles & Carver 69, St. Pauls Church Yard, London.
Engraving with fine hand colour. 280 x 420mm (11 x 16½), with large margins. Two small tears in margins.
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: 56293] £360.00

The Church of St. Mary y.e Great at Rome With y.e additional Buildings on each side. Also y.e Antique Collumn brought hither from y.e Temple of Peace by Pope Paul V. L'Eglise de St. Marie Majeure a Rome avec les Batiments...
Piranesi Delin.t Bowles Sculp.t.
London. Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard.
Very fine hand coloured engraving on J Whatman Turkey Mill paper water marked 1819. Plate 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17), with large margins.
A view of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major and the piazza in Rome, with the antique column from the Forum of Vespasian.
[Ref: 56295] £320.00

The Church of Santa Maria della Rotonda at Rome. It was the famous Pantheon of the Antients erected 30 years before the birth of our Saviour. L'Eglise de Santa Maria...
Seemond Delin.t Bowles Sculp.t.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard.
Very fine hand coloured engraving, plate 285 x 425mm (11¼ x 16¾), with large margins.
A view of the Catholic church Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs which has been there since the year 609 and the square out front with the fountain. The site used to be a Roman temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). It was rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian after it burnt down and probably dedicated c. 126 AD; the date of construction is unknown as Hadrian chose not to inscribe the new temple.
[Ref: 56296] £360.00

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

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)

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)

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