Choix des plus celebres maisons de plaisance de Rome et de ses environs

by Charles Percier, P F. L. Fontaine

$3,500 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

Paris: P. Didot, 1809. First edition of this important study of the villas of Rome. Folio. 2 , 72 pp. 77 engraved plates; half-title. The plates illustrate 24 Roman villas, including the Aldobrandini, Borghese, Mattei, Panfili, and Villa Albani, with plans, elevations, and perspective views of the buildings and details of their gardens. Brunet: Tre-bel ouvrage. Later green quarter-morocco and marbled boards rubbed, corners and edges bumped , gilt spine

• Binding: Leather

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