FALDA, Giovanni Battista and Francesco VENTURINI. Le Fontane di Roma nelle piazza e luoghi publici della citta... libro primo; ...delle ville di Frascati nel Tusculano... parte secondo; ....ne' palazzi e ne' giardini di Roma... parte terza; ...del giardino Estense in Tivoli... parte quarta. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1691 [and later]. 4 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (277 x 405mm). Engraved throughout. Four engraved titles, 4 dedication plates and 99 plates (3 folding) by Falda or Venturini. Contemporary calf gilt, titled in gilt at centre of covers, g.e. (rebacked, old spine laid down, corners repaired). Provenance : George Colebrooke, Southgate, Middlx. (armorial bookplate); ?Hamilton Palace Library (inscription by:); A.Kerr (inscription: '2949 Hamilton Palace Library... A. Kerr 1900'). A fine record of the results of the Roman fascination with water, and one of the great works on the fountains of Rome. Falda engraved the plates for the first two parts (I: title, d dication and 31 plates, numbered; II: title, dedication and 16 plates [one folding] before numbers), the third part includes contributions from both Falda and Venturini (III: title, dedication and 26 plates [1 folding], numbered), and the fourth part is by Venturini alone (IV: title, dedication and 26 plates [1 folding], numbered). Berlin Kat . 3603; cf. Olschki 16899; cf. Cicognara 3863 (parts I-III only).
FALDA, Giovanni Battista and Francesco VENTURINI. Le Fontane di Roma nelle piazza e luoghi publici della citta... libro primo; ...delle ville di Frascati nel Tusculano... parte secondo; ....ne' palazzi e ne' giardini di Roma... parte terza; ...del giardino Estense in Tivoli... parte quarta. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1691 [and later]. 4 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (277 x 405mm). Engraved throughout. Four engraved titles, 4 dedication plates and 99 plates (3 folding) by Falda or Venturini. Contemporary calf gilt, titled in gilt at centre of covers, g.e. (rebacked, old spine laid down, corners repaired). Provenance : George Colebrooke, Southgate, Middlx. (armorial bookplate); ?Hamilton Palace Library (inscription by:); A.Kerr (inscription: '2949 Hamilton Palace Library... A. Kerr 1900'). A fine record of the results of the Roman fascination with water, and one of the great works on the fountains of Rome. Falda engraved the plates for the first two parts (I: title, d dication and 31 plates, numbered; II: title, dedication and 16 plates [one folding] before numbers), the third part includes contributions from both Falda and Venturini (III: title, dedication and 26 plates [1 folding], numbered), and the fourth part is by Venturini alone (IV: title, dedication and 26 plates [1 folding], numbered). Berlin Kat . 3603; cf. Olschki 16899; cf. Cicognara 3863 (parts I-III only).
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