Author: [Comte de Bonneval, Alexandre].
Title: 26 Original Engravings, Including 12 Colored, Extracted from "Antiquites Romaines Expliquees Dans Les Memoires Du Comte de B*** Contenant Ses Avantures, Un Grand Nombre D'Histoires & D'Anecdotes Du Tems Tres-Curieuses.
Description: A La Haye: Chez Jean Neaulme, 1750. 1750. - What is offered are 26 original engravings on the subject of Roman antiquities extracted from the work on the subject attributed to the Comte de Bonneval. Each richly engraved plate measured 8-3/4 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. 12 of the engravings are tastefully hand-colored. All are in very good condition with a hole in the margins of only 2 of the plates and a short tear to the corner of another. The plates, listed in order of the page in which they originally appeared, are as follows: Page 233: Beaux Restes D'un Temple Consacre A Bacchus (B&W) Page 236: La Grande Porte, Nommee Autrement Naevia (B&W) Page 238 - I: Regard, Ou Reservoir De L'Eau Apellee Martia (B&W) (hole in margin of print) Page 238 - II: Restes Du Regard, Ou Reservoir D'Eau (Colored) Page 252: Sepulcre De Caius Cestius (Colored) Page 263 - I: Restes Du Mausolee D'Adrien Nomme Le Chateau S. Ange (Colored) Page 268: Restes Du Sepulcre De L'Empereur Severe (B&W) Page 272: Arc De Triomphe De L'Empereur Titus (B&W) Page 282: Autre En L'Honneur Du Meme Empereur & De Sa Famille (Colored) Page 283: Temple De Janus (Colored) Page 284 - I: Arc Que L'On Croit Avoir Ete Eleve A Domitien (B&W) Page 293 - I: Le Pantheon (Colored) Page 293 - II: Le Pantheon Tel Qu Il Est Aujourdhui (Colored) Page 297 - II: Temple De Junon (Colored) Page 297 - VIII: Restes Du Temple De La Lune (B&W) Page 297 - IX: Temple De La Paix (B&W) Page 297 - XI: Temple De La Concorde (Colored) Page 297 - XII: Restes Du Temple De La Concorde (Colored) Page 304 - I: Amphitheatre De Vespasien, Apelle Vulgairement Le Colisee (B&W) (tear to corner) Page 304 - II: Restes Du Colisee (B&W) Page 316 - II: Restes Du Theatre De Marcellus (B&W) (tiny hole in the top corner of the print) Page 336 - I: Le Tresor Public (B&W) Page 336 - II: Restes Du Tresor Public, Convertis En Eglise (B&W) Page 337: Restes Du Portique De Jupiter Stator (Colored) Page 348 - II: Restes De La Place De Nerva (B&W) Page 348 - III: Restes De La Place De Nerva Vus De L'Autre Cote (Colored). Very good .

Keywords: ART; ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS; PLATES; ALEXANDRE, COMTE DE BONNEVAL; ANTIQUITES ROMAINES EXPLIQUEES DANS LES MEMOIRES DU COMTE DE B***; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; PRINTS; 18TH CENTURY; HAND-COLORED PLATES; ROMAN ANTIQUITIES; RUINS.


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