12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 148
 

148

Cristofoli, Adriano; Valesi, Dionisio Anfiteatro Detto L'Arena di Verona. Francesco Masieri,...

Cristofoli, Adriano; Valesi, Dionisio Anfiteatro Detto L'Arena di Verona. Francesco Masieri, [c.1750]. Copper engraving on two folio sheets, joined at the middle, after drawings by Veronese architect Adriano Cristofoli, framed. The plate depicts the amphitheatre at Verona (apparently inspired by the style of Ludovico Dorigny's 1695 etching, published by Valentine Masieri) surrounded on three sides by architectural details with a key at the bottom. The amphitheatre is shown in lively activity with performers and audience. with Veduta del Celebratissimo Campanili di Pisa in Toscana. Presso Gio Sardi Livorno, [n.d.]. Engraved, framed.

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £400


 

Fading at join with occasional evidence of small tears off the join neatly restored.

Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 12th Sep, 2018

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