DE ROSSI - SPECCHI. Veduta esteriore del fianco

DE ROSSI, Domenico - SPECCHI, Alessandro. Veduta esteriore del fianco della Gran Basilica Vaticana dalla parte di mezzo giorno, architettura di Michel Angelo Buonarroti.

Roma, 1703

Large sheet, etching, mm. 465x695, wide margins. At the bottom the title with date and caption and dedication. At the bottom right the signature of the publisher "Hummmo..Lorenzo Filippo De Rossi”.
Very well printed on strong paper, nice copy.

Rare engraving of the Vatican Basilica with the architecture of Michelangelo Buonarroti drawed by Alessandro Specchi, dedicated to Cardinal Filippo Melchiorre where the Basilica is represented in section
with the scale of dimension on the left.

Bound with:

SPECCHI, Alessandro. Veduta interiore della Gran Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano.
Roma, Presso S. Maria della Pace, 1687.

Large sheet, etching, mm. 495x690, wide margins. At the upper right the title with date and caption and dedication. signature of the publisher “Giacomo De Rossi”.
Very well printed on strong paper, nice copy.

Rare. Interior orthogonal view in St Peter's in the Vatican looking across the nave along one entire side. In the upper right corner, cartouche with title, dedication and measures. Engraving drawed by Alessandro Specchi, dedicated to Giovan Battista Abbate del Palagio.