Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints and Books - 04 Apr 2007
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Album of Engravings including the following series: Effigies Romanorum Imperatorum
Album of Engravings including the following series: Effigies Romanorum Imperatorum, 12 plates, Rome, Io. Iacobi de Rubeis, 1681; Monarchs of England, 4 plates each with 6 medallion portraits, c.1715; Francorum Regu Simulacra, 7 plates, engraved by Pietro Vansickleers; Series Chronologica et Imagines Regu, 10 plates after Cirus Ferrius engraved by Jacobus Blondeau, Rome, Ioannis Jacobi de Rubeis, 1685; Lusitanorum Regnum, 7 plates, drawn and engraved by Hieronymus Rossi, Rome, 1708; Series Chronologica Ducum et Regum Polonorum, 6 plates; Chronologia Summor, Rom'rum Pontificum, 13 plates; Pavillons avec l'Explication des Couleurs, 12 plates of flags, French and Dutch text, lower edges soiled and curled, a few small tears, Amsterdam, P. Mortier; in all 71 plates, some with mostly minor staining and a few tears to lower edges or folds with occasional minor loss, one or two cropped and mounted, contemporary calf, defective, large folio, c.62 x 48cm The majority of engravings comprise series of medallion portraits, many published by de Rubeis in Rome, excluding the scarce series of flags at the end.