Subject: Rome, Italy
Period: 1756 (circa)
Publication: Salmon's Modern History
Color: Black & White
Size:
12.8 x 6.2 inches
32.5 x 15.7 cm
This attractive view of Rome was issued in an Italian edition of Thomas Salmon's Modern History. The engraving shows the city from a slight elevation with St. Peters Basilica prominently depicted at right. Fertile farmland and several roads leading to the city are shown in the foreground.
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Condition: B+
A dark impression with a small repaired edge tear at lower right that just touches the border. A small fold separation is confined to the bottom blank margin.