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1003 - MERIGOT, James. *A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity*. Recently executed from drawings made on the spot. London: Robinsons, White, Faulder, Evans [c. 1814]. Folio: [36] ff.; 62 pl. (very few spots). Half red shagreen, signed “George Harding, bookbinder, Chester,” gilt-decorated red title label on the upper board, marbled paper boards, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands (rather heavily rubbed). Later edition of this marvelous selection of views of Rome and its vicinity, complete with 62 aquatint plates, including the frontispiece, designed and engraved by J. Mérigot (1760–1824), a French engraver who settled in London due to the French Revolution; all beautifully hand-colored. Text in both French and English. Plates watermarked between 1810 and 1814. Ref. Graesse IV:497.
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MERIGOT, James. *A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity*. Recently executed from drawings made on the spot. London: Robinsons, White, Faulder, Evans [c. 1814]. Folio: [36] ff.; 62 pl. (very few spots). Half red shagreen, signed “George Harding, bookbinder, Chester,” gilt-decorated red title label on the upper board, marbled paper boards, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands (rather heavily rubbed). Later edition of this marvelous selection of views of Rome and its vicinity, complete with 62 aquatint plates, including the frontispiece, designed and engraved by J. Mérigot (1760–1824), a French engraver who settled in London due to the French Revolution; all beautifully hand-colored. Text in both French and English. Plates watermarked between 1810 and 1814. Ref. Graesse IV:497.
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