DU PERAC, Stefano (1525?-1604) I Vestigi dell'Antichità di Roma, raccolti et ritratti in perspettiva... - Roma, Losi, 1773
Oblong folio. With an engr. title and 39 engr. views. A good copy with neat impressions of the plates, bound in contemp. half vellum, gilt title on spine.
The French artist Du Perac lived in Rome from 1559 to 1578, studying the architecture of ancient remains. His drawings and engravings are a key source for the knowledge of the state of Roman monuments in the 16th century. This is the last edition, printed from the original copper plates of 1575; the engr. foot notes are new. Thieme-Becker XXVI, 393. Olschki, Choix, 16861. Borroni II, 7957-8.
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