A View of the Rotunda House & Gardens, & c. at Ranelagh: Vüe de l'Exterieur de la Rotonde, Maison, & Jardins, & c. a Ranelagh

by Vue D'Optique

$400 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A beautiful Vue d'Optique of the Rotunda House at Ranelagh. During the eighteenth century vues d'optique or perspective views became extremely popular in England and Europe. Like other optical prints they capitalized on a connoisseur market eager for the latest novelty. English publishers such as John Bowles and Robert Sayer had great success with these optical views, which quickly developed into a collecting craze that swept through print shops on both sides of the

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