Estimate € 200 - 300
Sold € 700
Auction: 28 February 2024 at 15:00
COTTAFAVI Gaetano - Raccolta delle principali vedute di Roma e suoi contorni. Rome: Tommaso Cuccioni, [s.d., ma ca. 1850]. A copy in editorial wrappers and with good margins of this work which collects numerous engravings depicting famous monuments of Rome including St. Peter's Square, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Piazza del Popolo, Trevi Fountain, Colosseum, Trajan's Forum, Capitoline Hill , Pyramid of Cestius, Porta Tiburtina, Tivoli, Temple of Hercules in Cori, Arch of Trajan in Benevento etc. Oblong folio (340 x 452mm). Engraved undated title, view of Rome taken from the Janiculum with legend of the major monuments and 62 large-format views (some foxing and staining, mainly marginal, a few sporadic tears). Green editorial printed wrappers with the catalogue of the works by the author on back cover (some foxing, tears and scribbles).
Estimate € 200 - 300