Lot 92: GIACOMO QUARENGHI

VALLE IMAGUA 1744 - 1817 SAINT PETERSBURG ELEVATION OF THE THE FAADE OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE IN ST. PETERSBURG Pen and black ink and grey and coloured washes over some traces of black chalk; inscribed and signed in pen and brown ink: Facciata della Fabrica dell'Accademia delle Scienze/che serve per la .... de libri ed abitazione/per i Professori e Stamperia, Architettura di/Jacopo Quarenghi 304 by 591mm

London, Orion Bookshop; Philip Hofer, his printed book plate and inscription in pencil on the backing: 13 Bot of Orion Bookshop London. Oct 30. 1950. for $100-/with 3 others/by Giacomo Quarenghi (1744-1817)/For his book'Edifices Construits, à St. Petersbourg/d'Apres les Plans du Chevalier Quarenghi./St. Petesburg .1810. 33 plates engd. by Kolpaleoff