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VILLA // PAMPHILIA // EIVSQVE // PALATIVM // CVM SVIS PROSPECTIBVS // STATVAE FONTES VIVARIA // THEATRA AREOLAE PLANTARVM // VIARVMQVE ORDINES // Cvm eivsdem Villae absolvta Delineatione. // Rossi’s printer’s device // ROMAE. // Formis Io. Iacobi de Rubeis apud Templum S. Mariae de Pace. // CVM PRIVILEGIO S. PONTIFICIS. // SVPERIORVM PERMISSV.

1650 · B6295 — Rome/Romae: Formis Io. Iacobi de Rubei apud templum S. Mariae de Pace. Undated c.1650-latest c.1690 most probably c.1660 c.1675-1677. . Lacks folding double-page plan of the Villa Pamphilia and the first of 5 folding plates “Primusâ€. Otherwise a very good example plates are crisp and clean. . Edition: First and only edition. Italic and Roman type. Tex Binding: Contemporary panelled full burgundy morocco double-gilt filleted; spine with six 6 raised bands gilt lettered title on two with remaining compartments gilt ornamented; all edges gilt; contemporary endpapers with watermark of a fleur-de-lis within two concentric circles. Wide margin paper. Notes: An architectural plate book depicting statues and fountains displayed in Villa Pamphili an important 16th-17th century Roman villa designed by the painter Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi 1606 - 1680 and Alessandro Algardi 1598 - 1654 followed by the construction of the garden layout; …1652-1657. The publication of the present work printed by G.G. de Rossi possibly c.1675-1677 was commissioned by Pamphili’s son and heir Giambattista with the engraver Dominique Barrière documenting the statues placed both in cornices of the villa and the gardens and with further plates included such as some by Giovanni Battista Falda's ‘Le fontane di Roma’ fountains of Rome plus general views of the villa and its gardens.<br> <br>Giovanni Battista Falda c.1643 – 1678 Rome was an Italian architect engraver and artist. He is known for his engravings of both contemporary and antique buildings and structures of Rome. Falda studied and worked under Bernini; his draughtsmanship drew G. G. de Rossi’s attention. He became well-known for his “Le fontane di Roma†Fountains in Rome and “Palazzi di Roma†Palaces of Rome particularly popular with visitors to Rome.<br> <br>Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi Italian engraver and printer active in Rome during the second half of the 17th century. His father Giuseppe de Rossi 1570-1639 was the founder of the most important and active printing press of the 17th century in Rome. The press started in 1633 it was then passed to Giovanni Giacomo and his brother Giandomenico; and later to Lorenzo Filippo. In 1738 it became the “Calcografia Camerale†from 1870-1945 the “Regia Calcograficaâ€; today it is known as the “Calcografia Nazionaleâ€. Here are conserved amongst many others the plates of Giambattista Piranesi 1720-1778. Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi the most involved of all family members who ran the press from 1638-1691 took the company to its height of success. He printed etchings for artists including Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione 1609-1665 Pietro Testa 1612-1650 and Giovan. Francesco Grimaldi 1606–1680.<br> <br>Barrière c.1622–1678 was a French painter and engraver. Barrière was born at Marseilles in about 1622. He spent most of his career in Rome where he engraved a considerable number of plates after Claude and other landscape painters as well as other subjects. They are neatly etched in the manner of Stefano della Bella. He died in Rome in 1678. <br> <br> Size: Folio 434x312mm. Illustration: Fine illustrations of the famous Villa Pamphili the most important architectural constructions of Baroque Rome with its Italian garden and the fine collection of antiquities. <br>Illustrated dedication with head- & tail-vignettes and a large rubricated initial; plus a total of 82 full page and double page oblong folding copper-engraved plates.<br> References: Woodfall G.; British Museum: Catalogue of Maps Prints Drawings Etc. Forming the Geographical and Topographical Collection vol. II p. 146 1829. Rossetti 4827. Cicognara 3911. Berlin Katalog 3491. Kissner 394. Vinciana 4360. Giorgetta F. Hortus libro Category: Book Europe Italy; Book Art Architecture & Design; Book Plate Books General; Formis Io. Iacobi de Rubei, apud templum S. Mariae de Pace. hardcover