Nolli, Giovanni Battista, 1692?-1756

Date: 1530 - 1750

By: Bellori, Giovanni Pietro, 1615?-1696; Blondel, Georges Francois, 1730-; Dorigny, Nicholas, 1652-1746; Nolli, Giovanni Battista, 1692?-1756; Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778; Raphael Sanzio, 1483-1520; Rossi, Giovanni Antonio de', 1517-1575?; Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953

Reference: E-194-f

Description: Includes: Nuova pianta di Roma data in luce da Giambattista Nolli (30 engraved maps); Psyches et Amoris nuptiae ac fabula a Raphaele. Nicolao Dorigny ...delineata et incisa... 1693 (11 engravings); Vatican frescoes engraved by Ioannes Iacobus de Rubeis (21 engravings); sundry architectural engravings including a view of the front face of Siena Cathedral and details of its floor decorations, the Arena di Verona and two mezzotints of church interiors by G. F. Blondel No bookplate or inscriptions inside front cover. Lot number 520 glued inside front cover, bottom left Inscriptions: On spine, gold lettering on green leather: Maps of Rome &c. Piranesi's View [sic] of Rome. Raphael's frescos in the Little Farnesi. Julio Romano's frescis [sic] in the Vatican. Church of Siena pavement. Amphitheatre of Verona. Four churches by Blondel. Quantity: 61 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, b&w in album (61 leaves ; 720 x 500 mm), 1/2 brown and green calf, grey-green marbled boards Transfers: Two mezzotints by Blondel, now at C-111-062 and C-111-063 were bound into this volume on accession into the Library - - The Piranesi etchings located at C-091-001/075 were originally bound into this album, between the pages currently hand-numbered as 35 and 36. The stubs of their former location are visible in the gutter of the volume.

Date: 1748

From: [Various artists] :[Engravings from the Percy Watts Rule collection by G. B. Piranesi, Raphael, Rubeis (Rossi), Nolli, Dorigny, Bellori, Blondel and others] [16th to 18th centuries]

By: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778; Nolli, Giovanni Battista, 1692?-1756

Reference: E-194-f-018

Description: Map of eighteenth century Rome to the limits of its walls, with the Vatican included, top left. A vignette of Saint Peter's and St Peter's Square, lower left, and of Santa Maria Maggiore, lower right. Cupids hold the top corners of the map, and at top left there is a dedication to Cardinal Alessandro Albani, and below that a numbered key to the main features of the map, principally churches and palaces as well as significant fountains and statues or columns. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 464 x 688 mm (to platemark, trimmed at bottom)