157 - Bonaventure d'OVERBEKE. The Ruins of Ancient Rome: Carefully Surveyed, Measured, Sketched on Site, and Etched by Bonaventure d'Overbeke… Amsterdam, Jean Crellius, 1709. 3 folio volumes, marbled calfskin, decoration in the Du Seuil style with double frames of gilded scrolls, crowns, and numerals in the corners, central coat of arms, spine with 8 ornate raised bands (contemporary Dutch binding).

Bonaventure d'OVERBEKE. The Ruins of Ancient Rome: Carefully Surveyed, Measured, Sketched on Site, and Etched by Bonaventure d'Overbeke… Amsterdam, Jean Crellius, 1709. 3 folio volumes, marbled calfskin, decoration in the Du Seuil style with double frames of gilded scrolls, crowns, and numerals in the corners, central coat of arms, spine with 8 ornate raised bands (contemporary Dutch binding). Avery, 740 / Brunet, IV-264 /// I. (12f.)-91, 49 pl. / II. (1f.)-85, 50 pl. / III. (1f.)-65, 50 pl. First edition in French, published posthumously by Michel d’Overbeke, who had published a Latin edition the previous year. A double-page map and 149 plates, including a frontispiece and a dedication engraving by M. Pool, a portrait of Bonaventure d'Overbeke engraved by C. Vermeulen after J. C. Le Blon, and 146 full-page plates drawn and engraved by Bonaventure d'Overbeke, including a double-page plate depicting the Colosseum. The plates are the same as those that illustrate the Latin edition. The central die featuring the royal arms of England and the corner fleurons were likely struck at a later date. The map and the plate of the Colosseum are burnished.