Les edifices antiques de Rome . dessinés et mesurés tres exactement par Antoin Desgodetz [...].
Antoine Babuty Desgodets (1653-1728) [architecte du roi]
Category
Books
Date
1682
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048353
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],323,[1]p., plate : ill. (metal cuts) ; fol. Recto of page 215 (sig. 3I2) has been imposed upsidedown; a single leaf, printed the right way up, has been interpolated. Identified in 1768 catalogue: L.6 (added in a later hand, entered as 'Antique de Rome'). Manuscript price inscriptions: (1) on first front flyleaf: 2.2.0 [crossed through] 1.15.0. (2) on second front flyleaf: 1.18. Provenance: bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819). Binding: sprinkled calf; spine gilt; most of spine label missing: 'Antique de Rome'.
Makers and roles
Antoine Babuty Desgodets (1653-1728) [architecte du roi]