Lot 163: MAGGI, Giovanni (1566-1618).Nuova racolta di fontane che si vendano nel alma citta di Roma Tivoli e Frascati. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo Rossi, [ca 1645].

MAGGI, Giovanni (1566-1618). Nuova racolta di fontane che si vendano nel alma citta di Roma Tivoli e Frascati. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo Rossi, [ca 1645]. 4° (262 x 210 mm). Engraved throughout. Title with dedication to Andrea Corsini, 42 plates (7 folding) by Maggi, Corduba and Barrière. (Some staining, one folding plate with loss to image, some creasing, a few marginal tears some repaired.) Half vellum and old boards; modern folding case. The publisher, G.J. Rossi, active between 1645 and 1690, issued this collection of views of fountains by a number of earlier engravers, in various formats, both quarto and folio. The present work corresponds to the Berlin copy in plate count, if not in format. See Berlin Kat 3599; Cleveland Collections 166 (GC copy this copy).