PERAC (Stéphane du), CALCAGNI (Francesco) - I vestigi dell'a - Lot 350

PERAC (Stéphane du), CALCAGNI (Francesco) - I vestigi dell'antichità di Roma raccolti et ritratti in perspettiua con ogni diligentia da Stefano du Perac Parisano. Dedicati da gio Battista de Rossi Milanese alle Curiosissime Nationi Oltramontane. Followed by Antiquarum statuarum urbis romae. Rome, Appresso Giombatista de Rossi Milanese, 1653; oblong folio, 40 plates (the 38th torn and missing) + 27 plates, sometimes double, 19th century half calf binding, smooth spine. Étienne Dupérac was a famous 16th-century French engraver, best known for his illustrated depictions of ancient Roman ruins. Vestiges de l'Antiquité romaine is a collection of engravings depicting emblematic buildings and ruins of ancient Rome, including: the Arch of Constantine, the Colosseum, the Baths of Titus, the Pyramid of Cestius Castrense, the Amphitheater, the Acqua Marcia Fountain, the Mausoleum of Augustus, Castel Sant'Angelo and the Pont Saint-Barthélemy.