ROCCHEGGIANI (Lorenzo). - Lot 126

ROCCHEGGIANI (Lorenzo). Raccolta di cento tavole rappresentanti i costumi religiosi civili, e militari degli antichi Egiziani, Etruschi, Greci, e Romani tratti dagli antichi Monumenti. Rome, Giacomo Raffaelli, s.d. [c. 1804]. Oblong folio, green half vellum with corners, smooth spine, red title page, yellow edges (19th century binding). Engraved title and 100 decorative copper-engraved plates by Lorenzo Roccheggiani, plus 10 pages of text. First part, complete, of the two described by bibliographers. (Cicognara, n°1781. - Colas, n°2562. - Vinet, n°1816.) Ink monogram on title. Paper loss at the corner of the penultimate plate. Some spotting. Re-stained spine and modern title-piece.