AW7-010: JEAN BARBAULT - SET OF 5 ANTIQUE ENGRAVINGS - VIEWS OF 18TH CENTURY ROME

TITLE:  "Les Plus Beaux Edifices de Rome Moderne, ou Recueil des plus belles vues des principales eglises, places, palais, fontaines etc. qui sont dans Rome."

UNFRAMED

COMMENTS: a group of five engravings from “Les Plus Beaux Edifices de Rome Moderne, ou Recueil des plus belles vues des principales eglises, places, palais, fontaines etc. qui sont dans Rome.” Engraved by Freicenet, Giraud and Montagu after Jean Barbault (1718-1762), published by Bouchard & Gravier (Rome) [1761]. The five unframed plates include: 1. Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale (View of Piazza Navona above the ruins of the Agonal Circus); Plate mark 14 5/8 by 22 1/8 inches. 2. Veduta di Ponte rotto, e di Ponte quattro capi (View of Broken Bridge and Four Heads Bridge); Plate mark 15 1/2 by 19 7/8 inches. 3. Veduta di Ponte Sisto (View of Ponte Sisto); Plate mark 15 1/4 by 20 7/8 inches. 4. Veduta del Porto di Ripa grande (View of the port of Ripa grande); Plate mark 15 1/4 by 20 7/8 inches. 5. Veduta del Palazzo di Caprarola (View of the Caprarola Palace); Plate mark 15 1/4 by 20 7/8 inches. Unframed. approximate sheet size of each: 21 3/8 x 31 1/8