Les Plus Beaux Monuments De Rome Ancienne Ou Recueïl Des Plus Beaux Morceaux De L?Antiquité Romaine Qui Existent Encore: Dessinés Par Monsieur Barbault Peintre Ancien Pensionnaire Du Roy A Rome, Et Gravés En 128 Planches Avec Leur Explication

Published by Bouchard & Gravier Libraires, L?Imprimerie De Komark. c.1761., Rome, 1761

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Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaAlexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books

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Original full brown mottled calf boards. Coat of arms in gilt on upper and back boards. Six raised bands in seven compartments, densely gilted with elaborate design. Gilt lettering in 2. Blue and white paste-in and free endpapers with intricate floral pattern. All edges red and cut. , Ex-Libris Rudolph von Guttman (1880?1966). Guttman?s armorial bookplate on paste-in free endpaper featuring coat of arms with motto, ?Semper Progediens? (?always progressing?). Guttman, a Jewish banker and art collector, was forced to sell much of his collection at the start of the second world war. (From the Seattle Art Museum Libraries.); additional bookplate featuring 16th century print of two men holding hammer and sword. Dated 1574. Name not legible. Jean Barbault (1718?1762) was a French painter, etcher and printmaker, who worked in Rome for most of his life. He is noted for paintings and etchings of Roman monuments and antiquities which were published in two volumes. Here we only have the volume on ancient Rome. , Size : Large Folio (520x370mm), Text in French.Containing 90 pages about the monuments, reliefs, and sculptures of ancient Rome with 128 plates, engraved by both Barbault himself and Dominico Montagu. , Ex-Libris Rudolph von Guttman., P. 1 ? 90. Blank. Half title. Blank. Title. Dedication. Preface (vii ? viii). P. 1 ? 87. Blank. Plates (24). Table (89 ? 90). Blank. A fine example. Plates are clean and crisp. Some wear to boards, spine, and edges.…

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Title
Les Plus Beaux Monuments De Rome Ancienne Ou Recueïl Des Plus Beaux Morceaux De L?Antiquité Romaine Qui Existent Encore: Dessinés Par Monsieur Barbault Peintre Ancien Pensionnaire Du Roy A Rome, Et Gravés En 128 Planches Avec Leur Explication
Author
Jean Barbault
Publisher
Bouchard & Gravier Libraires, L?Imprimerie De Komark. c.1761., Rome
Publication year
1761
Binding
Hardcover

Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books

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Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books are specialist dealers in 15th to 19th century Prints, Maps and Books. The gallery is able to offer one of the largest selections of Prints and Maps available in North America. The business was founded in 1982 and has supplied Prints, Maps and Books to many private and public art collectors. It strives to present a friendly and helpful atmosphere to both expert and amateur collectors. The shop has grown considerably since its humble beginnings to an internationally respected firm. We exhibit at major map & book fairs in North America and Europe and are happy to organize presentations of materials for corporations, interior designers and individuals. We are always interested in purchasing collections or individual items of quality. Catalogues and lists are issued periodically and we would be delighted to have details of customers’ specific interests, so we can contact them when examples come into stock.…

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Voyages and Travels, Social Sciences and Philosophy, Natural History, Military, Literature, Illustrated and Plate Books, Early Printed Books, Atlases and Maps, Architectural, Americana and Canadiana

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