[ITALY - SILVESTRE (Israël) Views of Rome and Italy...]. A P - Lot 91

[ITALY - SILVESTRE (Israël) Views of Rome and Italy...]. A Paris, chez Pierre Mariette, n. d. [1642 & 1646], or À Paris, chez Nicolas Langlois, n. d. Collection of eight suites totaling 75 copper-engraved figures of ROME, VENICE, FLORENCE, GENEVA, NAPLES and their surroundings, on 69 plates in one oblong in-4° volume (353 x 228 mm), blond half-calf with corners, gilt fillet edging the boards, ornate smooth spine (late 19th c. binding). 69 copper-engraved plates with captions, including a quadruple view of Rome (213 x 1300 mm), mitered and bound in fine. Most of these figures bear the name and address of the engraver Pierre Mariette; some those of Nicolas Langlois. 21 glue-stitched figures are bound in fine. The date 1642 appears on two plates, including the quadruple view of Rome placed in fine. A calligraphic inscription in ink at the head of the first plate reads: "I. I. L. Bennet // 67 Engravings by Israel Silvestre // given by her Father // Jany 1804." I) Suite de vues de Rome, de ses environs et de Venise (2) [12 (123 x 250 mm), captions in Italian and French]. Faucheux-50 (2nd state). II) Suite of views of Rome and other places (Assisi and Siena) [12 (113 x 197 mm), captions in French]. F-43. III) Suite of views of Rome and Venice (5) [12 (113 x 197 mm), captions in French or Italian]. F-44. IV) Suite entitled: "Alcvne vedvte di Giardini e fontane di Rome e di Tivoli". 1646 [12, including title (91 x 127 mm), captions in Italian]. V) A single plate: vue de Lorette. 1642 [dedicated to the Duchesse d'Aiguillon (131 x 253 mm), captions in Italian]. F-85. VI) A suite entitled: "Divers veves de ports de mer d'Italie et autres lieus" [10 round figures (119 x 123 mm), captions in French]. (Venice [5], Gayette [1], Genoa [1] and Naples [3]). VII) A "suite" of fifteen miscellaneous views (ROME and environs [11], FLORENCE [2], MONTEFIASCONE [1] and CAPRAROLE [1]). VIII) A large view of Rome (1642). From the Charles Filippi library, with bookplate. Covers and spines slightly rubbed; large view of Rome pastedown. PRECIOUS AND RARE COLLECTION OF SILVESTRE'S ENGRAVED SUITES AND PLANCHES OF ITALY, including TWELVE VIEWS OF VENICE. FAUCHEUX Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'œuvre d'Israël Silvestre Paris 1857.