Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BARTOLI, PIETRO SANTI. Colonna Traiana, eretta . . . all'Imperatore Traiano Augusto nel suo Foro in Roma . . . nuovamente disegnata et intaligliata . . . con l'Esposizione Latina d'Alfonso Ciaccone. 7 unnumbered plates showing the base, cutaway views, and cross-sections of Trajan's Column in Rome, and 119 numbered plates of the spiralling bas-relief on the column depicting the Roman campaign against the Dacians. [6], 14, [2] pages, including engraved title and dedication, and leaf with prefatory note by the publisher. Oblong folio, 357x478 mm, 18th-century red morocco gilt, spine ends chipped, raised bands and cover edges worn; mostly marginal foxing throughout, title lightly soiled, letterpress leaves browned. Rome: Giacomo de Rossi, later 17th century