BOISSARD, Jean-Jacques - Lot 18

BOISSARD, Jean-Jacques Romanæ urbis topographiae & Antiquitatum [Pars I to VI] Frankfurt am Main, Théodore de Bry, then Jean-Théodore de Bry and Jean-Israël de Bry, 1595-1602 A SUPERB COPY BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY VELLUM. ANTIQUE ROME ENGRAVED BY THEODORE DE BRY: A MODEL FOR SCULPTORS. COPY BY PIERRE JAMMES FIRST EDITION. The colophon of the third part, page 42, is dated 1595, whereas the title reads 1597. Six parts in two in-4 volumes (308 x 196mm) COLLATION: (I): *-2* A-T4 V6; (II): (:)4 **-***4 A-D2 E-H4 I4+2 K L-Z 2A-L4; (III): + A4 B-E6 F-Z 2A-I4; (IV): )( (:)2 A-Z GG4; (V) : *4 **6 A-Z 2A-H4 II6; (VI): ):(4 A-F4. A few errors in signatures and paginations, a few duplicate leaves and a few inverted leaves. ILLUSTRATION : 6 title-frontispices, three folding maps, 8 portraits of Boissard and de Bry, and 522 copper-engraved plates (not including duplicates): (I): 1 plate; (II): 37 plates; (III): 108 plates; (IV): 96 plates and 8 duplicates; (V): 130 plates; (VI): 150 plates. Plate 125 of part IV did not appear. Some signature errors GERMAN BINDINGS OF THE PERIOD. Overlaid ivory vellum, stamped decoration in black, fillets and roulettes, fleurons in the center and corners, similarly decorated long spine, binding straps. PROVENANCE : Benedictine monastery of Blaubeuren, near Ulm (handwritten bookplate in brown ink on each volume: "Monasterÿ Blauburani 1637") -- Nikolaus Rauscher, bishop of Evaria, ancient Phoenicia, now Syria (handwritten bookplate in brown ink on one endpaper: "Ad Bibliothecam Episcopi Evarien Auctions Lege Aug. 1822" -- Marcel Destombes (1905-1983; pencil note on one endpaper) -- Pierre Jammes (Paris, October 12 & 13, 2010, no. 39) According to Brunet, the third part requires a 12-leaf index. However, Adams does not require one. Some wetness In this work, the bisontinan poet, draftsman and antiquarian Jean-Jacques Boissard (1528-1602) publishes his own works on ancient Rome, as well as those of his predecessors, notably Bartolomeo Marliani and Fabio Calvo (part two). His drawings were engraved by his friend Théodore de Bry or his workshop. The plan of "modern" Rome, engraved by de Bry in 1597, derives from the Brambilla-Vanaest plan of 1590, with a different presentation of St. Peter's Basilica. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Adams B-2331-32-36-38-39-41 -- Cicognara 3626 -- Graesse I, p. 475 -- Brunet I, 1069 -- Les Français à Rome, Archives nationales, 1961, no. 95 -- Inventaire du Fonds Français XVIe, I, p. 452-454, nos. 26-33