Lot N. 151
Two engravings
17th/18th century
frontispiece of the first volume Vaticanae lucubrationes de tacitis et ambiguis conventionibus by Francesco Mantica, Romae: Ex Typographie Curtij Lorenzini, 1613 depicting within an architectural frame the effigy of the Madonna and, below, St. Peter, St. Paul with the coat of arms of Pope Paul V supported by two cherubs and the arms of the Borghese family with the crowned eagle and the dragon. Slight defects, traces of foxing
heraldic coat of arms flanked by two allegorical figures surmounted by the writing D O M A engraved by Domenico Falcini, with some defects
32.5x21 cm, 22.5x29 cm (2)