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an old book with a red cover sitting on top of a white surfacean old book with a drawing of a woman sitting on the groundan open book with four pictures of buildings and a clock toweran open book with four pictures of a castle in itfour pictures of buildings in a book on a tablefour pictures of different buildings in this old book
Gros & Delettrez

50 - FRANZETTI, Agapito.
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Estimate €180 - €200
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FRANZETTI, Agapito. A collection of 320 views, both ancient and modern, of the city of Rome and certain suburban locations... Rome, published by Agapito Franzetti’s Cartographic Workshop in Torsanguigno, (c. 1800). Oblong 4to (18.5 x 23.5 cm), engraved title page, VIII pp. (of X), 80 plates with 4 views. Contemporary fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, red title label, gilt title (splits in the joints, worn edges and corners, worn caps, water stains in the lower margin of a few leaves, particularly on the first 10 plates, very slight foxing). An important and attractive collection of 320 views of Rome, engraved in black on copper by Cipriani, Pronti, Morelli and other engravers, after Agapito Franzetti. They depict the city’s principal monuments, churches, palaces, squares and sites. The volume comprises an engraved title page, 8 pages of index (out of 10) and 80 plates, each containing 4 views. A fine copy. Cicognara, 3737.
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