May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?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. [4] (of [6]), 14, [2] pages, including engraved title and dedication; lacks preliminary leaf with prefatory note by the publisher. Oblong folio, 467x360 mm, 18th-century 1/2 vellum with morocco lettering piece, worn overall; marginal foxing throughout, most noticeably on opening leaves, title soiled and creased with small repair in blank upper outer corner, light dampstaining on letterpress leaves at end. Rome: Giacomo de Rossi, later 17th century