Italy - NARDINI (Famiano) & NIBBY (Antonio). Roma antica - Lot 234

Italy - NARDINI (Famiano) & NIBBY (Antonio). Roma antica di Famiano Nardini. Edizione quarta romana riscontrata, ed accrescuita delle ultime scoperte, con note ed osservazioni critico antiquarie di Antonio Nibby membro ordinario dell'accademia romana di archeologia e con disegni rappresentanti la faccia attuale dell'antica topografia di antonio de romanis membro della stessa accademia. Rome, De Romanis, 1818-1820. 4 vol. in-8, cream vellum, ornate smooth spines. Fourth edition of this famous work on Rome. It is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, 14 plans and folding plates, 30 hors-texte plates and a few figures in the text. Antonio Nibby (1792-1839) was an Italian archaeologist specializing in the history of ancient art. He worked on the excavation of monuments in Rome and was professor of archaeology at the University of Rome and the French Academy in Rome. A very fine copy in contemporary gilt vellum.