Bartoli, Pietro Santi Columna cochlis M. Aurelio Antonino Augusto dicata (...). With engraved title. Title, engraved dedic. Dedication leaf and 77 copper plates (1 folding). Rome, de Rubeis, 1704. gr.-fol. HPgt. d. With pastedown corners, mount. R-plate and marbled boards (somewhat rubbed, rubbed and bumped, some creasing and staining, with small damages to covers). Second edition after the first edition also published in Rome in 1672. - Brunet I, 758 - Cicognara 3605 - Ornamental Engraving Collection 3623 - Olschki 16419 - Thieme-Becker II, 555 - The 77 engravings show the reliefs of the altogether 39.72 m high Marcus Aurelius Column in Rome, depicting the emperor's feathers. - Bartoli, a draughtsman and engraver of the 17th century, who devoted himself in particular to the reproduction of ancient monuments. - The engravings engraved after Bartoli's drawings, each with engraved short explanation of what is depicted. - Some browning, finger and brown stains in margins (plates hardly affected). Overall in very good condition. Splendid and high-contrast engravings with pronounced ridge effect and wide margins. Second edition after the 1672 first edition, also published in Rome. - With engraved title, engraved dedication leaf and 77 (1 folded) copper plates. Cont. half vellum with vellum corners, mount. label on spine and marbled boards (somewhat more rubbed and bumped, slightly creased and stained, with minor defect to cover). - The 77 engravings show the reliefs of the 39.72 metre high Marcus Aurelius Column in Rome, which depict the campaigns of the emperor. - Bartoli was a 17th-century draughtsman and engraver who devoted himself in particular to the reproduction of ancient monuments. - In the margins somewhat brown- and fingerstained (plates barely affected). Altogether in very well preserved condition. Splendid and high-contrast engravings with pronounced burr effect and wide margins. This lot is taxed. A surcharge of 24.95% will be added to the hammer price and 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) to the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.