Lot 500

G. Ch. Adler, Ausführliche Beschreibung der Stadt Rom. Hamburg: C. E. Bohn 1781.

Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot: 500
Category: Geography and work of views
Artist: Georg Christian Adler
Adler, Georg Christian: Ausführliche Beschreibung der Stadt Rom. Altona: Bohn 1781. 22 x 17,5 cm. With 15 (9 folded) copper plates. 4 leaves, 354 pp. (356 pp. on the right), 10 leaves, 28 pp. Marbled half-leather with spine decoration and spine label

(The cover is slightly scuffed and bumped. Slightly discolored. Some fold-out plates have paper damage or small tears along the edges.)

Schudt 801. Engelmann 840. Rossetti II, 226. - First edition. The plates mostly show plans and views, including some of St. Peter's Square.