Printed Books, Maps & Documents (SEP19) Wed, 11th Sep 2019 Viewing: Tuesday 10 September 2019 from 9.00am to 6.00pm and on the day of the sale from 9.00am onward. Lot 356

Estimate: £700 - £1000 + Fees Aquila (Pietro). Galeriae Farnesianae [bound with:] Deorum Concilium, , 1674-5 Aquila (Pietro). Galeriae Farnesianae Icones Romae in aedibus Sereniss. Ducis Parmensis ab Annibale Carracio ad veterum aemulatione posterumq. admiratione coloribus expressae cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis a Petro Aquila delineatae incisae, 1st edition, Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, [c.1674], etched title-page, 24 etched plates by Pietro Aquila including dedication, allegorical plate and portrait of Carracci after (all unnumbered), and 21 plates after (numbered 1-21), all except numbers 11 and 13 double-page and mounted on guards, a little light spotting and dust-soiling, slightly stronger to plate 21, faint tide-mark to upper outer corners never affecting images, bound with: ibid., Deorum Concilium in Pincis Burghesianis hortis ab Ioanne Lanfranco Parmensi tum spirantibus ad vivum imaginibus tum monocromatibus atque ornamentis mira pingendi arte expressum, a Petro Aquila ad similitudinem delineatum et incisum expressum, 1st edition, Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, [c.1675], etched title-page, 8 etched plates by Pietro Aquila after (numbered 2-9 in manuscript to margins of plate- marks, plates 2 and 3 forming a single overview of the whole ceiling), all double-page and mounted on guards, dust- soiling, guards renewed, a few stains to title-page, 2 plates with short closed tears to bottom edge of central fold not affecting image, marginal tear to plate 6 (numbered 7), the corresponding right-hand panel laid onto thicker paper at an early date, plate 8 (numbered 9) similarly laid down, later marbled boards, green vellum spine, vellum tips, sides rubbed, wear to extremities, large folio (46.3 x 36 cm) Qty: 1