[Italy. Optical prints] 5 prints: (1) "A view of the Seat of Lodovisi with part of Rome"

"Vue de la Maison de Plaisance de Lodovisi avec une partie de la ville de Rome". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical print, 26 x 40.5 cm, Paris, Basset, (c. 1770), with engr. title in reverse and "No. 103" above the image and title in English and French below the image. Very good copy.

(2) The same view but mirrored, engraved by N.J.B. de Poilly, 25 x 41 cm, Paris, N.J.B. de Poilly, (c. 1770), with the same engr. title in English and French below the image. Very good copy; (3) "Vue des trois Galleries, du Palais des Art et des Sciences à Rome". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, 29 x 43 cm, without address, (c. 1770). Very good copy; (4) "Vue Perspective de la Superbe Gallerie de Tableaux dans le Palais du Cardinal Colone a Rome." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical print, 26 x 38.5 cm, Paris, Daumont, (c. 1770), with engr. title in reverse above the image and title below the image. Very good copy. And a similar view of the inside of the Pantheon (with narrow margins). (total 5)