512 - Tosi,F.M.

Tosi,F.M. Raccolta di Monumenti sacri e sepolcrali sculpiti in Roma nei secoli XV. e XVI. 2 tle. in 1 vol. Rome, self-published 1842. gr.fol. with 2 eng. Front. and 50 eng. Plates. Title page and 3 pp. text. Red clothbound boards with gilt embossed heraldic supralibros of Pope Gregory XVI, several staggered gilt floral and ornamental borders on spine and boards, corner fleurons, gilt embossed title, gilt edges, three gilt edges, endpapers in glossy paper. Gilt edges, glossy paper endpapers. (Some rubbing and faint spotting, spine somewhat discolored). On the title page with stamp "C.V.P.F." (Collegium urbanum de Propaganda Fide, former missionary college). - Contains the first two of a total of five parts. Plates with continuous numbering and corresponding explanation in the text leaves. The two fronts with illustrations of monuments to Dante and Petrarch. - The plates engraved by Alessandro Becchio, each with blindstamp. - Some foxing (stronger in places). Overall in good condition. In splendid binding.