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1805. Rom, ca. 1805. 20 : 27,5 cm. Engraved title-page and 49 engraved plates. Contemporary wrappers. First edition of Pronti's collection of engraving, depicting the costume, arms and armour, furniture, urns and vaces, household, utensils, musical instruments etc. of the ancients Greeks, Romans, Etrruscs etc. - Wrappers stained. - Colas 2431, Lipperheide 113; Hiler 725.

Collection of 46 (of 48) beautifully detailed copperplate engravings of Roman costume.Examples of costumes, tools, musical instruments, furniture, room interiors, pots, vases, etc. A good many plates of Roman military costume, armour, breastplates, boots, sandals, helmets, boxing gloves, weapons, shields, chariots, legion standards, etc.Engraved title page and 46 engraved plates (numbered I to XLVIII, lacking XXXIV/XXXV) each with an engraved descriptive caption in Italian within the plate. Based on Lorenzo Roccheggiani's Collection of 100 Figures Representing Civil and Military Religious Costumes of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans (published in 1804).This suite drawn, engraved and published by Domenico Pronti (1750-1815), Italian painter, sculptor and engraver active in Rome. He specialized in publishing books of Roman scenery and ancient costume for the tourist market.Oblong quarto in flimsy boards, amateurishly covered in marble paper, new endpapers. Good strong impressions of… Read More

Rome: [c1805]., 1805. oblong 4to. engraved title & 49 engraved plates. contemporary wrs. (edges of wrs. bit chipped, spine perished, scattered light foxing, former owner's name partly erased from title). First Edition of Pronti's collection of engravings depicting the costume, arms and armour, furniture, urns and vases, household utensils, musical instruments, &c., of the ancients. According to the bibliographies consulted the work was based on Lorenzo Roccheggiani's Raccolta. of 1804. Colas 2431. Hiler 725. Lipperheide 113. Graesse V 459. Vinet 1816 bis (calling for only 46 plates).. F.

1795 Art Architecture Greco-Roman Colosseum Vatican Ruins Rome Domenico Pronti
Domenico Pronti was an 18th-century Italian artist best-known for his art depicting Greco-Roman history. In his book 'Nuova raccolta di cento' – a collection of a hundred engravings of the history of ancient and modern Rome. Notable views included in this work include:
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Castle Saint Angelo in Rome
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Vatican Piazza
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The Colosseum
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Santa Maria Maggiore
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Numerous ancient ruins!
Item number: #20373
Price: $950
PRONTI, Domenico [illust.]
Nuova raccolta di cento tavole rappresentante i costumi religiosi civili e militari degli antichi egiziani, etruschi, greci e romani
Roma : Presso il sudetto incisore suo studio a strada Frattina, [1795].

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 102 engraved views
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~11.25in X 8in (28.5cm x 20.5cm)
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