Online only auction
26 September - 3 October
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Selection of a large collection of prints dedicated to the theme of travel, from the Grand Tour to the Magical Orient, aimed both at the discerning collector and to embellish one's own home. Of particular note are some rare antique maps of Italy and its islands, engravings of Greco-Roman antiquities, etchings from the finest eighteenth- and nineteenth-century illustrated travel books, views of Mediterranean cities and the Middle East, and scenes of Japanese daily life. All prints are presented in fine passe-partouts, sealed in cellophane envelopes that were not opened during the cataloguing process.
Time auction
N. 292
From the Grand Tour to the Magic Orient
A collection of prints
thu 26 September - thu 3 October 2024
Highlights
Lot N. 1
Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola
(1643 - 1695)
Kingdom of Naples again described by Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola (1689)
watercolored copper engraving, with title within an elaborate cartouche with the coats of arms of all the territories of the Kingdom of Naples whose names can be [..]
Estimate
€ 180,00 / 200,00
Lot N. 19
Panorama of Genoa
retouched aquatint, with passe-partout
Estimate
€ 130,00 / 150,00
Lot N. 153
Paintings from Herculaneum
etching, with passe-partout
Estimate
€ 80,00 / 120,00
Lot N. 173
Venice: Piazza San Marco
watercolor, with passe-partout
Estimate
€ 40,00 / 50,00
Lot N. 204
Pompeii
two steel engravings, coloured, with passe-partout, slight traces of foxing
Estimate
€ 30,00 / 40,00