Lot 3753: Sandrart, Joachim von (1606-1688). , Romae antiquae et novae theatrum. Sive genuina ac vera urbis, juxta varios eiusdem status, delineatio topographica. Nuremberg: Christian Sigismund Froberger for the author, 1684

folio (391 x 238mm.), [2], 15, [1 (blank)] pp., illustration : double-page engraved frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps, 69 engraved plates (34 double-page, one folding and double-page), binding : eigheenth-century speckled calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, small tear to one plate, joints starting to crack

BAL RIBA 5894

Much of this volume was copied from a work by Giovanni Battista Falda, Palazzi di Roma, printed in the 1670s (lots 3478-3479 are other similar works by Falda). For other works by Sandrart, see Macclesfield Science P-Z, lots 1805-1806.