OVERBEKE (Bonaventura). RELIQUIAE ANTIQUAE URBIS... Lot 33

OVERBEKE (Bonaventura). RELIQUIAE ANTIQUAE URBIS ROMA. Hagae-Comitum (The Hague), Pierre Gosse and Daniel Pinet, 1763. 3 volumes bound in 1 strong volume in folio, blond calf, spine with ornate nerves, red edges (binding of the time). Volume 1 : Portrait of Bonaventure Overbeke - [26]-87 pages, a large folding map of Rome engraved by M. Pool and 46 plates. (Graves, temples, mausoleums,...) Volume 2 : Portrait of the Queen of Spain - [4]-73 pages and 50 plates. (Obelisks, columns, arches, forums, temples,...). Volume 3 : Allegorical frontispiece - [4]- 61 pages and 50 plates of which 1 large folding. (Ruins, theaters, various,...). That is to say an abundant and beautiful illustration including 3 FRONTISPICES, A LARGE PLAN OF ROME AND 146 plates admirably engraved and accompanied by their description. There are also about thirty small copper engravings representing coins. Corners dulled, hinges rubbed, the interior is fresh, without pitting or foxing.