Accession number:
PML 2099
Published:
Roma : Presso G.B. Bernabò, e G. Lazzarini, 1763.
Description:
2 v. in 1. : illus., 96 pl., fold. plan. ; 28 cm
Notes:
Engraved vignettes on t.p.'s; illustrations and plates engraved.
19 plates are signed by Piranesi, 22 by Nicolo Mogalli, 8 by Duflos, 4 by Le Geay, 2 by Bellicard, 1 by Barbault and others.
Binding:
Red morocco, with gilt stamps on sides and back of Thomas Hollis's "republican" emblems, bound by John Matthewman (this same edition with an identical binding was sold in part IV of the Verschbow sale, Christie's, 29 Oct. 2013, lot 766).
Provenance:
Thomas Hollis (1720-1774), binding and gift inscription to unknown recepient: "Presented by Tho. Hollis Esqr. May 25, 1764"; British Museum, stamps (title page verso and p. 142), deaccessioned 1818; Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
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