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[email protected] • WWW.ERASMUSHAUS.CH 2 3 1 1 BARTOLI, Pietro Santi (1635-1700). Admiranda romanarum antiquitatum ac veteris sculpturae vestigia anaglyphico opere elaborata ex marmoreis exemplaribus quae Romae adhuc extant in Capitolio aedibus hortisque virorum principum ad antiquam elegantiam, a P. S. Bartolo delineata incisa in quibus plurima ac praeclarissima ad romanam historiam ac veteres mores dignoscendos ob oculos ponuntur notis Io. Petri Bellorii illustrata ... Landscape folio (385x495 mm). With 83 (of 84) engraved plates (lacking plate 63 “Nuptiales Choreae”). Early 19th century tree calf gilt by Tessier (with his ticket: relieur doreur rue rue de la Harpe 45, Paris). Smooth back covered with green morocco, divided into 5 panels richly decorated, with a coat of arms in the tail panel. Somewhat rubbed. Roma, auxit Dominicus de Rubeis Chalcographus, [nach] 1693. chf 1800 A reissue of this beautiful suite of engravings which first appeared ca. 1685 and formed an independent part of a series of engravings on Roman antiquities published by Giovanni Giacom de’ Rossi. “As seems to have been his custom with collection of plates, G. G. de’ Rossi omitted the date of publication, possibly to avoid having to remove or change it for later print-runs or new editions ... The 1693 edition includes 33 new plates, replacing the 31 which had been transferred to Veteres arcus. There are thus 83 as opposed to 81 plates in the later edition ... Sometime after Domenico de’ Rossi took over the firm ca.