Le Fontane delle Ville di Frascati nel Tuscolano (...)

Designer Giovanni Battista Falda Italian

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian

1665–69

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Title page, dedication and 16 plates of the series 'Le Fontane delle Ville di Frascati' showing fountains and sources of water in and around country estates. Bound with 'Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi publici della Citta' and the first, second and third book of 'Il Nuovo Teatro delle Fabbriche, et Edificii, in Prospettiva di Rome Moderna (...)'.

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Title: Le Fontane delle Ville di Frascati nel Tuscolano (...)
Designer: Giovanni Battista Falda (Italian, Valduggia 1643–1678 Rome)
Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
Published in: Rome
Date: 1665–69
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Overall: 11 x 15 15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (28 x 40.5 x 3.6 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Object Number: 31.67.4(120-137)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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