‎DUMONT Gabriel-Martin and Thomas MAJOR . Andrea PIGONATI . Dionisio VALESI (GRAND TOUR Collection - three books bound in one volume) :‎
‎Grand Tour collection. Three 18th century illustrated works on classical architecture and antiquity in Italy.‎

‎" 1). DUMONT Gabriel-Martin and MAJOR Thomas. Les Ruines de Paestum, autrement Posidonia, ville de l'ancienne grande Grèce, au Royaume de Naples; Ouvrage contenant L'Histoire ancienne & moderne de cette Ville; la description & les vues de ses antiquités; ses inscriptions... Londres et se trouve à Paris chez J.A. .A.Jombert, 1769, in-folio, 38 x 27 cm, halftitle + title + engraved dedication+ 11 pp + 20 pp + (1)(engraved text) + 18 engraved plates h.t. (11 double page) + (1)(engraved price list of Dumont's works). 2) PIGONATI Andrea. Stato Presenti degli Antichi Monumenti Siciliani. S.l. (Sicily), 1767, in-f°, engraved title + engraved dedication, both printed in two colours + 3 engraved textleaves + 46 engraved plates. 3) VALESI Dionisio; Varie fabbriche antiche e moderne di Verona con alcune statue e busti della Galleria Bevilacqua. S.l. (Verona), 1753, engraved title + 26 engraved plates + 1 engraved index (plates 15, 16, 19, announced in the index were never present). These plates represented ; Dogana nuova di Aless. Pompei ; Sepolcro di Cangrande; Sepolcro di Canmastino. Contemporary half calf with speckled boards, raised back with two labels. Exceptionally nice copy with broad margins, the plates printed on thick paper. Interesting convolute of three illustrated mid-18th century Italian books on classical antiquity and architecture. Universal Cat. of Books on Art; pp. 1285 ; pp. 1604 & pp. 2055 . Only book (3) in Cicognara (N°4103). Both the Universal Cat. & Cicognara indicate 22 plates for book (3). Only one copy in a German library (Erlangen-Nürnberg University) indicating ca. 25 plates. The index calls for a title and 29 plates, our copy has a title + 26 plates. This third book, rather a collection of engravings, is very rare. The engraver Valesi worked at onetime together with the Veronese painter Bernardo Belotti."‎

Reference : 14962

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