Veduta interna del Panteon [...] Roma 1823

Luigi Rossini

"Le Antichità Romane, ossia Raccolta delle più interessanti vedute di Roma antica" is a famous monumental copperplate engraving work created by the Ravenna-born architect and engraver Luigi Rossini. Published definitively in 1829 in Rome (with plates produced mainly between 1819 and 1823), the collection comprises 101 splendid plates etched. Etching on heavyweight, watermark-free paper, in black and white. Excellent inking and good condition, slight traces of foxing, browning, and signs of binding (editorial tailpiece), insignificant watermarks, and margins at the lower and upper edges absent as in the photo. Insured shipping via Bartolini/DPD courier. To use the insurance coverage, any damage to the spine must be contested and reported to the courier at the time of delivery. Otherwise, it will not be possible to initiate the insurance reimbursement procedure. Luigi Rossini (Ravenna, December 15, 1790 – Rome, April 22, 1857) was an Italian engraver, commonly regarded as the heir of Piranesi. Rossini, Luigi. - Architect and engraver (Ravenna 1790 - Rome 1857). Studied in Bologna and, from 1810, in Rome. He assisted Canova with drawings for the temple of Possagno, but soon devoted himself to engraving, gaining wide fame with various series of landscapes, Roman and Southern Italian scenes, and ancient monuments (pub. 1817-39); many of his plates are preserved in the National Engraving Museum (Calcografia Nazionale) in Rome. Matrices, prints and drawings of the "Fondo Rossini" are today deposited at the Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, on whose site they are largely accessible. - Le antichità romane ossia raccolta delle più interessanti vedute di Roma antica (1819-1823), opera in due volumi per un totale di 101 tavole; in collaboration with Bartolomeo Pinelli, with whom he collaborated until his death in 1835, to animate architectural and archaeological views with depictions of townspeople. - Le antichità de' contorni di Roma ossia le più famose città del Lazio... (1826) - 73 engravings - I sette colli di Roma antica e moderna - 33 engravings - Le porte antiche e moderne del recinto di Roma con le mura prospetti e piante geometriche - 36 engravings - Le antichità di Pompei - 74 engravings - Gli archi trionfali, onorari e funebri degli antichi romani sparsi per tutta Italia - 75 engravings (publisher Giovanni Scudellari) - Viaggio pittoresco da Roma a Napoli (dedicato a Salvatore Betti) (1839) - 81 engravings - Scenografia degl'interni delle più belle chiese e basiliche antiche di Roma - 18 engravings - Scenografia di Roma moderna che comprende le più belle vedute delle principali strade, piazze e fontane... (1850) - 20 engravings - I principali Fori di Roma antica (incompiuto) - 43 engravings