Grosvenor Prints

[Arcus Argentariorum] Veduta dell'Arco di Settimio Severo nel Foro Boario.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 405 x 485mm (15¾ x 19"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of the Arcus Argentariorum (Arch of the Moneychangers), a small arch in the Forum Boarium (the cattle Market). According to the inscription it was commissioned by the local money-changers and merchants in honour of emperor Septimus Severus and his family. It is now joined to the western wall of the seventh century church of San Giorgio al Velabro. This plate has one of the more dramatic scenes drawn by Bartolomeo Pinelli to add life to Rossini's architecture, a knife-fight.
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: 51564] £600.00

[Arcus Neroniani.] Veduta dei Grandi Avanzi degli Aquedotti di Nerone _ vicino a Porte S. Giovanni.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 435 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut.
The Arcus Neroniani, an extension of the Acqua Claudia built by Nero to supply water to the Caelian Hill.
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: 51545] £400.00

[The Aurelian Walls] Veduta della Mura di Roma, dalla parte interna della Città, vicino alla Porta Celimontana.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 425 x 660mm (16¾ x 26"), with large, uncut margins.
A view of part of the Aurelian walls, which made use of the existing Aqua Claudia. This section is now in the Giardini di via Carlo Felice. The walls point towards the minor basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
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: 51496] £600.00

[Basilica of Maxentius] Veduta Generale del gran Tempio della Pace.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 440 x 660mm (17¼ x 26"), with large margins, uncut.
A view showing the octagonal ceiling coffers of the concrete barrel vaults of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, the largest building in the Forum of Rome. Begun by Maxentius in 308 AD the building was completed in 312 by Constantine after he defeated Maxentius at Milvian Bridge.
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: 51520] £400.00

[Basilica of Maxentius] Veduta D'una delle navate minori, della Tempio Pace.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1819.
Etching. 560 x 455mm (22 x 18"), with large margins, uncut.
The interior of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, showing the remaining north aisle with its brick walls and arches supporting the concrete vaults, with the octagonal ceiling coffers. Begun by Maxentius in 308 AD, the building was completed in 312 by Constantine after he defeated Maxentius at Milvian Bridge. It was the largest building in the Forum Romanum.
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: 51555] £600.00

[Baths of Diocletian] Veduta degl' Avanzi del secondo piano delle Terme Diocleziane.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 540 x 390mm (23¾ x 15¼"), trimmed to the image.
The Baths of Diocletian were the largest of the public baths and were capable of accommodating 3,000 bathers at the same time. The tepidarium and the central hall are now the church of S. Maria degli Angeli, a side hall is the church of S. Bernardo.
[Ref: 5181] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Baths of Diocletian] Vestigi delle Terme di Dioclitiano Imperatore, in Roma. 5.
Perelle fecit.
Daman excudit [n.d., c.1650].
Etching, 245 x 315mm (8½ x 12½"). Small margins. Some slight creasing and wear.
The ruins of the Baths of Diocletian, drawn by either Gabriel Perelle (1604-77) or his sons Adam and Nicolas.
From the Airlie collection, Cortachy Castle.
[Ref: 57523] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de la Fontaine du Jardin de Montalte au Terme de Diocletian sur le Mont Viminal a Rome. Fontana e Pischiera nel Giardino Montalto alle Terme Diocletiane su l Monte Viminale.
AParis chez Pasquier rue St. Severin chez un Vitrier. [n.d., c.1770.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 290 x 415mm (11½ x 14¼''). Manuscript in margins.
A view of an ornate complex of fountains in the ancient Baths of Diocletian in Rome.
[Ref: 48366] £175.00 (£210.00 incl.VAT)

[Baths of Diocletian] Veduta degl' Avanzi del secondo piano delle Terme Diocleziane.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 540 x 390mm (23¾ x 15¼"), with large margins, uncut. Crease.
The Baths of Diocletian were the largest of the public baths and were capable of accommodating 3,000 bathers at the same time. The tepidarium and the central hall are now the church of S. Maria degli Angeli; a side hall is the church of S. Bernardo.
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: 51567] £300.00

[Capitoline Hill] Veduta di Fianco del Campidoglio di Roma.
Rossini dis & inc.
Roma 1819.
Etching. 440 x 550mm (17¼ x 21¾"), with very large, uncut margins.
A side view of the Piazza del Campidoglio, designed by Michaelangelo in the 16th century, with one of the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux), the two stone horsemen guarding the cordonata.
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: 51484] £900.00

[Capitoline Hill] Veduta del Campidoglio Romano.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 365 x 450mm (14½ x 17¾"), with very large uncut margins.
A view of the Capitoline Hill leading from Via del Teatro di Marcello to Piazza del Campidoglio, as designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536-46. At the top of the cordonata are the statues of the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux, the Horse Tamers), with the façade of Palazzo Senatorio behind.
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: 51491] £900.00

Avanzo della Casa di Cola di Rienzo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 370 x 465mm (17½ x 18¼"), with large margins, uncut. Some loss of margin top right.
The so-called 'Casa di Cola di Rienzo', a tower in the Piazza Trilussa erected between 1040-65 by a powerful Crescenzi family in the 10th century to control the wharves of Rome, built using material scavenged from classical ruins. There is no direct connection with Cola di Rienzi, a populist politician (1313-54) eventually murdered by a mob, merely that he was born in the area.
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: 51553] £600.00

[Castel Sant'Angelo] Veduta Generale della gran Mole Adriana, e Ponte Elio _ in oggi Ponte e Castel S.Angelo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 355 x 535mm (14 x 21"), with very large, uncut margins.
A general view looking along the Tiber to the Aelian Bridge and the Mausoleum of Hadrian, both built by the emperor Hadrian between 134 - 139, and now known as the Ponte Sant'Angelo and Castel Sant'Angelo. Behind the bridge is the dome of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
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: 51490] £900.00

[Castel Sant'Angelo] Veduta della Gran Mole Adriana, e Ponte Elio, in oggi Ponte, e Castel S.t Angelo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 445 x 555mm (17¾ x 21¾"), with very large, uncut margins. Wear to edge of left margin.
A view from the banks of the Tiber looking up at the Aelian Bridge and the Mausoleum of Hadrian, both built by the emperor Hadrian between 134 - 139, and now known as the Ponte Sant'Angelo and Castel Sant'Angelo.
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: 51499] £900.00

[Colosseum] Veduta degl'avanzi d'uno de principali ingressi del Colosseo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1819.
Etching. 455 x 360mm (18 x 14¼"), with large margins, uncut.
An archway looking into the arena of the Colosseum.
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: 51510] £600.00

[Colosseum] Veduta dell'altro principale Ingresso, del Colosseo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 540 x 385mm (21¼") x 15¼"), with large margins, uncut. Repaired tear in image.
One of the principal vomitoria of the Colosseum, looking out towards Temple of Venus and Roma, the largest temple in Rome, designed by Hadrian.
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: 51512] £600.00

[Colosseum] Veduta di porzione degli avanzi dell'Ambularco del piano terra nel Colosseo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1821.
Etching. 465 x 395mm (18¼ x 15½"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of the interior spectator passageway with the vomitoria, the doors into the seating areas and out of the building.
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: 51511] £600.00

[Colosseum] Veduta del grande' interno dell'Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 460 x 665mm (18 x 26¼"), with very large, uncut margins. Some wear to the top margin.
A general view of the vast interior of the Colosseum. Among the figures, drawn by Bartolomeo Pinelli to add life to Rossini's architecture, is a procession of monks.
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: 51495] £700.00

Qui si Mostra Alcuni Effetti nelle Parti de Dentro et di Fuori del Coliseo. 9.
Batista P. Ve 1581 [Battista Pittoni of Venice, after Heironymus Cock?].
[Venice: Francesco Ziletti?, c.1590.]
Engraving, drawing on reverse, 17th century watermark. 210 x 310mm (8¼ x 12¼"). Glue stains in corners. Small margins.
A view looking through the collapsed wall of the Colosseum into the interior. The plate was originally published in 'Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma di Vicenzo Scamozzi architetto vicentino, con XL tauole in rame' by Ziletti in 1582; this example has had the original Latin title replaced by an Italian title, description and key.
[Ref: 57507] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Haec Habet Scenofgraphiam Secondorum Porticuum Colossei. 12.
P. PV [Battista Pittoni of Venice, after Heironymus Cock?].
[Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1582.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 210 x 3150mm (8¼ x 12½"). Glue stains in corners. Small margins.
A view looking through the collapsed wall of the Colosseum into the interior. Plate 12 of 'Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma di Vicenzo Scamozzi architetto vicentino, con XL tauole in rame'.
[Ref: 57508] £220.00

Haec Habet Quosdam Formie Veteres. 14.
[engraved by Battista Pittoni of Venice, after Heironymus Cock?].
[Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1582.]
Engraving. 210 x 3150mm (8¼ x 12½"). Glue stains in corners. Slight tears top right. Very slight crease not visible from front.
The ruins of a coffered archway, with a track ruining through it. Plate 14 of 'Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma di Vicenzo Scamozzi architetto vicentino, con XL tauole in rame'.
[Ref: 57509] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[The Colosseum?]
H Cock ex. [Antwerp, n.d., c.1550.]
Engraving, 16th century watermark. 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A long and curved barrel vault, probably part of the Colosseum. Hieronymus Cock (c.1517-70) vistited 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.
See BM 1950,0211.111 for the van Doetecum issue.
[Ref: 57510] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Column of Marcus Aurelius] Veduta della Colonna Antonina, o sia Piazza Colonna.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 565 x 455mm (22¼ x 18"), with very large, uncut margins.
The Column of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (emperor from 161 to 180) in Piazza Colonna, which has a spiral frieze depicting the emperor's wars on the Danube. In 1589 pope Sixtus V placed a bronze statue of the apostle St. Paul on top.
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: 51481] £750.00

['Curia Hostilia'] Avanzi della Curia Ostilius sul Monte Celio.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 390 x 540mm (15½ x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut.
According to Rossini's title (one of the few in the image rather than underneath), these are the remains of the Curia Hostilia, an early Senate House built by Tullius Hostilius, the third king of Rome, on Monte Caelio. However it is more likely to be a substructure of the Temple of Claudius on the Caelian Hill. Through the gateway to the left is the Arch of Constantine.
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: 51521] £600.00

[Domus Severiana] Veduta degli Avanzi della Casa Aurea di Nerone, sul Monte Palatino, Della porte riguardante il Circo Massimo.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 390 x 540mm (15¼ x 21¼"), with large margins, uncut. Crease lower right.
The arches built to extend the Palatine Hill out for the construction of the Domus Severiana by Septimus Severus, which included a palace and baths. Rossini equates the building to the Domus Aurea ('Golden House'), the palace of entertainment built by Nero in AD 64 after the famous fire that destroyed much of Rome (when he 'fiddled').
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: 51557] £400.00

[Nuova pianta et alzata della citta di Roma...] 5.
[Diegniata et Intagliata da Gio. Battista Falda.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1676, but later.]
Engraved map, one sheet only (of twelve), 17th century watermark. 395 x 505mm (15½ x 19¾") very large margins. Damp stains. Central crease as normal.
Sheet 5 of a 12-sheet map of Rome by Giovanni Battista Falda da Valdugga (1648-78), an architect who drew and engraved views of Rome for the de Rossi family. It takes the form of a bird's-eye view, with buildings shown in perspective. Orientated with north to the left, this section shows the Colosseum, the Forum, Campidoglio, the Palatine Hill and the Baths of Trajan.
[Ref: 58690] £480.00

[Nuova pianta et alzata della citta di Roma...] 11.
[Diegniata et Intagliata da Gio. Battista Falda.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1676, but later.]
Engraved map, one sheet only (of twelve), 17th century watermark. 395 x 505mm (15½ x 19¾"), very large margins. Central crease as normal.
Sheet 11 of a 12-sheet map of Rome by Giovanni Battista Falda da Valdugga (1648-78), an architect who drew and engraved views of Rome for the de Rossi family. It takes the form of a bird's-eye view, with buildings shown in perspective. As the map was orientated with north to the left, this section shows the Janiculum walls, built by Urban VIII in 1643, centred on the Porta San Pancrazio. Under the map is a panel containing nine views of churches, including the Basilicas of St Peter & St Paul.
[Ref: 58691] £320.00

Nuova pianta et alzata della [citta di Roma...] 1.
[...] Diegniata et Intagliata da Gio. Battista [Falda.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1676, but later.]
Engraved map, one sheet only (of twelve). 395 x 505mm (15½ x 19¾") very large margins. Margin snipped bottom right.
The top left sheet of a 12-sheet map of Rome by Giovanni Battista Falda da Valdugga (1648-78), an architect who drew and engraved views of Rome for the de Rossi family. It takes the form of a bird's-eye view, with buildings shown in perspective. As the map was orientated with north to the left, this section shows the north east of Rome, with the Porta Viminale & Porta Collina in the Servian Walls, and the Via Salaria and Via Nomentana. This sheet is decorated with an ornate border on two sides, allegorical figures of the Papacy and Roman Law, and two cherubs holding up the papal mitre and arms.
[Ref: 58688] £220.00

[Nuova pianta et alzata della citta di Roma...] 4.
[Diegniata et Intagliata da Gio. Battista Falda.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1676, but later.]
Engraved map, one sheet only (of twelve). 395 x 505mm (15½ x 19¾") very large margins Central crease as normal.
Sheet 4 of a 12-sheet map of Rome by Giovanni Battista Falda da Valdugga (1648-78), an architect who drew and engraved views of Rome for the de Rossi family. It takes the form of a bird's-eye view, with buildings shown in perspective. As the map was orientated with north to the left, this section shows the north edge of Rome, with the Porta Popolo on the Via Flamina, and the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Barbarini. This sheet is decorated with a dedication to Pope Innocent XI, on a scroll held aloft by two cherubs.
[Ref: 58689] £350.00

Parte di Dentro del Palazzo di Farnese disegno di Michelangnolo Buonaruoti et il Restante di detto Architettura del Sangallo fabricato l'anno MDXXXXV.
Disegnato da Pietro ferrerio P.A.R.
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo Rossi, c.1638.]
Etching. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"), 17th century watermark. Stains on top right. Small margins.
An elevation of the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Farnese, as designed by Michaelangelo and Antonio da Sangallo. It was drawn by architect Pietro Ferrerio (c.1600-54) for 'Palazzi di Roma', a series of 44 plates.
[Ref: 57516] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Parte del Foro Romano, e del Monte Capitolino preso dalla parte ov'erano situati li rostri.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1827.
Etching. 370 x 450mm (14½ x 17¾"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of the north west end of the Roman Forum, with the Palazzo Senatorio on Monte Capitolino.
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: 51532] £600.00

[Forum] Veduta dello Scavo della Colonna di Foca.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 375 x 575mm (14¾ x 22½"), with very large, uncut margins. Old repaired tear in the bottom margin.
A view of the north-west end of the Roman Forum, centred on the Arch of Septimus Severus, with the Church of Santi Luca e Martina behind. On the left are the three columns of the pronaos of the Temple of Vespasian and Titus; on the right is the column of Phocas, the last monument erected in the Forum, dedicated to the Eastern Roman Emperor Phocas (ruled 602 - 610).
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: 51489] £900.00

L'arco di Settimio, il Tempio di Giove Statore, et Campidoglio.
[after Matthijs Bril.] Guil.mo Van Nieuwlant fecit et excud. Antuerpiæ.
C. Dankerts Excudit [n.d., c. 1650].
Etching, 17th century watermark. 210 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Glue stains in corners. Small margins.
A view of the Roman Forum, centred on the Arch of Septimus Severus, with the Campidoglio behind. Etched by Willem Adriaensz. van Nieulandt II and originally published c.1605.
See BM Sheepshanks.5261 for the original issue.
[Ref: 57514] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Le Colonnacce] Avanzi del Foro di Nerva dal volgo le Colonnacce.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 460 x 370mm (18¼ x 14½"), with large margins, uncut.
The only surviving portion of the columns that projected from the walls of the Forum of Nerva, with a figure of Minerva on the attic.
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: 51563] £600.00

[Forum of Nerva] Veduta della parte postieriore degl'avanzi del Foro di Nerva da altri Erario publico _ in oggi Arco de' Pantani.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 470 x 650mm (18½ x 25½"), with large margins, uncut.
The back outer wall of the Forum of Nerva, from what is now the Via Tor de' Conti, showing the Arco de' Pantani and three Corinthian columns of the Temple of Mars Ultor and the tower of the Basilian basilica.
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: 51522] £600.00

[The Forum of Nerva, Rome] The Castle of Andalusia.
Publishe'd as the Act directs, Dec. 15 1783 by E. Tringham, No.36 Hosier Lane, West Smithfield
Rare engraving; platemark 155 x 280mm (6 x 11"), with very large margins. Slight foxing.
Despite the title of this print, it depicts the Forum of Nerva in Rome, an ancient site in the middle of the city. The plate was seemingly reissued, with the erroneous title added, by publisher E Tringham, who often published copies of earlier prints.
[Ref: 47643] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Place and Church of St John de Lateran at Rome.
Scenoma Delin.t. Parr sculp.
Printed for Robert Wilkinson, at N.o 58, Cornhill, & Bowles & Carver, No 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with fine hand colour. Framed. 285 x 435mm (11¼ x 17"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
The Basilica and Palace of St John Lateran in Rome.
[Ref: 61297] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Urbis Romae Sciog]raphia Ex Antiquis Monum[entis Accuratiss Delineata.]
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight, 17th century watermark. 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins Tears, creasing and damp stains in margins. Central crease (short tear) as normal.
Plate three of a monumental eight-sheet plan of Ancient Rome, based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows the north-east of the city, including the Baths of Diocletian and the barracks of the Praetorian guard. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58692] £280.00

[Urbis Romae Sciographia Ex Antiquis Monumentis Accuratiss Delineata.]
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight, 17th century watermark. 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins. Central crease as normal.
Plate '9' of a monumental eight-sheet plan (numbered 2-5, 8-11) of Ancient Rome, based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows the west of the city, including the mausoleums of Hadrian and Augustus, the Antonine Column, the Pantheon, the Theatre of Marcellus and the Temple of Asclepius, shaped like a ship on the Tiberina. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58694] £420.00

[Urbis Romae Sciographia Ex Antiquis Monumentis Accuratiss] Delineata.
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight, 17th century watermark 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins. Hole bottom right. Central crease as normal.
Plate 5 of a monumental eight-sheet plan of Ancient Rome (numbered 2-5, 8-11), based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows land outside city walls to the east, including funerary munuments, estates, the Appian Way and the aqueducts Appia, Claudia and Marcia. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58695] £280.00

[Urbis Romae Sciographia Ex Antiquis Monum]entis Accuratiss [Delineata.]
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight. 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins. Tears and creasing in margins. Central crease as normal. Slight loss in margin bottom left.
Plate four of a monumental eight-sheet plan of Ancient Rome, based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows the east of the city, including the Porta Esquilina, the Aqua Claudia aqueduct, Amphitheatrum Castrense and, outside the city walls, the 'Hippodrome of Aurelius', of which there is no written record. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58693] £350.00

Rome Ancienne et Modern.
[Amsterdam, Henri Abraham Chatelain, c.1720.]
Engraved map. 340 x 450mm (13½ x 17½"). There is an 18th century watermark. Tear in margin which are very large.
Plan of Rome with extensive keys of ancient and modern buildings and monuments.
[Ref: 23605] £260.00

A View of Marcellus's Theatre at Rome.
Piranesi delin. T. Bowles sculp.
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London. Publish'd according to act of Parliament.
Engraving with hand-colouring. 280 x 430mm (11 x 17"), with wide margins. Tear extending into image on left. Slight foxing.
The ancient theatre of Marcellusin Rome. Named after Marcus Marcellus, Augustus' nephew, who died five years before the theatre was completed, it was formally inaugurated in 12BC by Augustus. Engraving purporting to be after G.B. Piranesi, although differing in many ways from Piranesi's print of the building. Piranesi's name may have been used to give the impression of greater authenticity. One of a series of views re-published by Laurie & Whittle in the 1790s.
[Ref: 23149] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Avanzi del Palazzo de Cesari sul Monte Palatino.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 460 x 360mm (18 x 14¼"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of one of the ruins on the Palatine Hill, the preferred location of later imperial palaces.
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: 51547] £400.00

The Magnificient Buildings and Fountains of the Piazza Navona in Rome.
G. Wouters delin. Bowles sculp.t.
London, Printed for Robert Wilkinson, at Nº 58 in Cornhil, & Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard [n.d. c.1800].
Engraving with fine hand colour. Framed. 290 x 425mm (11½ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
The Piazza Navona from the south, with the Fontana del Moro in the foreground and the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in the middle distance. After Gommarus Wouters.
[Ref: 61293] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Ninfeo d'Egeria] Veduta della Fonte, e delle Spelonche d'Egeria _ fuori di Porta Capena.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 400 x 610mm (21 x 24"), with large margins, uncut.
The Ninfeo d'Egeria (a nymphaeum dedicated to Egeria), a natural grotto fed by a spring, formalised by Herodes Atticus (101-177), with a statue of the nymph in the apse at the back. His estate is now the Caffarella Park.
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: 51543] £400.00

[Pantheon] Veduta del Interno del Pronao del Pantheon.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1820.
Etching. 440 x 550mm (17¼ x 21¾"), with large margins, uncut.
A view of the columns in the portico of the Pantheon, made from grey granite quarried in Egypt. Each column, weighing 60 tons, had to be dragged 62 miles from the quarry to the Nile, loaded into a barge, transferred to a galley to cross the Mediterranean to Ostia and back onto a barge to be taken up the Tiber, then moved the 700 metres to the building site.
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: 51514] £750.00

The Inside of the Pantheon at Rome. Le dedans du Pantheon a Rome. 5.
G.P. Panini Pinx.t. Bowles Sculp.t
Printed for Robert Wilkinson in Cornhil, & Bowles & Carver 69 S.t Pauls Church Yard London. [n.d., c.1800.]
Framed engraving with hand colouring , plate 275 x 425mm (10¾ x 16¾"). Frame size 480 x 630mm (19 x 24¾"). Unexamined out of frame. Small tears on left just going into the image.
The interior of the Pantheon, looking up to the famous domed roof with the hole, after Giovanni Paolo Pannini. Built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in 27 BC and restored by Emperor Hadrian in AD 120, the Pantheon stands as one of Rome's most impressive temples.
[Ref: 61276] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Veduta di Ponte Cestio dal Volgo Ponte ferrato.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1822.
Etching. 360 x 545mm (14¼ x 21½"), with very large, uncut margins. Slight soiling to edges.
The Ponte Cestio spans the Tiber from Tiber Island to the right bank and was originally built in the 1st century BC, although the bridge shown here is as rebuilt in the fourth century AD, using material from the demolished porticus of the Theatre of Marcellus. When the walls of the Tiber embankment were reconstructed 1888-92, the bridge had to be demolished and rebuilt, with the side arches widened.
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: 51479] £650.00

Veduta del Ponte di Nona fuori di Porta Maggiore, 9 miglia da Roma _ Questo Ponte è stato costruito su di una Valk per porre in piano la Via che portava all Città dei Gabbi, e lungo pa, 464. lar. 41.
Rossini dis. e inc.
Roma 1823.
Etching. 385 x 570mm (15¼ x 22½").
The Ponte di Nona, a viaduct of seven arches spanning 236 feet, was built in the 1st century BC for the Via Praenestina and is still in use.
[Ref: 5143] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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