Lot 196: NOLLI, Giovanni Battista (ca 1692-1756). Nuova Pianta di Roma. Rome: 1748.

Engraved wall map of Rome on 20 untrimmed plates (including 18 folding and number 1-36), plate size: 437 x 682 mm, comprising engraved title, engraved "Avviso al lettore", index on 4 double-page plates, the map of Rome on 12 double-page plates including vignettes of allegorical figures after Stefano Pozzi together with Rome's monuments, and the dedication to Pope Benedetto XIV on the base of a column, elaborate rococo border, and 2 maps of Rome. (Some marginal wear, lower right corner of an index leaf torn away, mostly marginal staining and dust soiling, small hole to decorative border of plate 35/36.) Modern calf. THE FINEST OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PLANS OF ROME and the first plan of the city based upon geodesic principles. With Rocque's plan of London and Bretez's plan of Paris, Nolli's plan ranks as one of the greatest eighteenth century plans of any European city. The lower sheets are alomst entirely taken up by lavish, finely-engraved ornamentation in the style of Piranesi. Frutaz Le Piante de Roma CLXIX.