• Veduta del Teatro di Marcello, in Pietro Rossini, Il mercurio errante delle grandezze di Roma: tanto antiche, che moderne di Pietro Rossini, Antiquario. Rome: A spese di Fausto Amidei Libraro al Corso sotto il Palazzo del Signor Marchese Raggi; per Generoso Salomone, 1750

Curatorial Notes:
  • This edition of Pietro Rossini’s Roman guidebook includes eight signed Piranesi etchings, made during his first years in Rome. Because Piranesi had sold the copperplates for these early etchings, publishers reprinted them for years, incorporating them into other books. After this youthful phase of his career, Piranesi retained ownership of his plates and sold only their impressions. As a result, except for the earliest work, almost all the copperplates he made still remain together today. He etched the Theater of Marcellus several times throughout his career, at various scales.
Edition:
  • In questa settima Edizione migliorato, ed accresciuto, con l'aggiunta delle fabriche fattevi fin' al presente
Date:
  • 1750
Format:
  • Book
Extent:
  • 2 pts. in 1 v. ([10], 192, 146, [8] p), [20] folded plates : ill. ; 16 cm. (12 mo)
Creator:
Publisher:
  • Roma : A spese di F. Amidei, 1750.
Language:
  • Italian
Subject:
  • Rome (Italy)—Description and travel
Author:
  • Rossini, Pietro
Contributor:
  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
References:
  • Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara 3869A
Description:
  • First edition, 1693.
  • Bookseller's ticket glued to upper left corner of pastedown.
  • Bookplate: "W. E. hope Vere, Craigie Hall".
  • Occasional markings in pencil.
  • Six folded plates signed: Piranesi.
Contents:
  • (from t.p.) Diviso in due parti. La prima contiene palazzi, e chiese
  • La seconda: ville, giardini, terme, acque, teatri, cerchi, archi trionfali, guglie, sepolcri, ed altre antichita, e cose singolari di Roma.
Credit line:
  • Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University Library
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Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/73666b481