Description:
Venuti, Ridolfino (1705-1763) Collectanea Antiquitatum Romanorum. Rome: Rochi Bernabo, 1736. Large folio, engraved title, illustrated with 103 copper-plates (not counting the title engraving),printed on heavy paper throughout, bound in full contemporary parchment over boards, marbled paper paste-downs, a.e.g. over red sponged decoration, ex libris Richard Hurd (1720-1808) with his signature to title, bookplate of George Augustus Thursby to front pastedown, 16 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.
a6, [103 plates], A-K4, [ ]2 (final leaf blank and likely integral).
Estimate $300-500
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