Rome, Chracas at S. Marco al Corso, 1747-61. In 2 oblong. 7 books (of 10) in two vols. Title pages with intaglio vignette, plates with period coloring, some slight flowering, contemporary half leather binding with corners, red cuts, defects. Signature of belonging to the cover pages. Volume I: 1. First book which contains the gates and walls of Rome. Rome, Chracas, 1747, pl. 1-20 (plate 7 not numbered), 4 out-of-number plates including a dedicatory table to Charles of Bourbon, illustrations and chalcographic decorations, paper 12 is missing 2. Second book which contains the main squares of Rome with obelisks, columns, and other ornaments. Rome, Barbiellini, 1752, pl. 21-40, 38 missing, 4 unnumbered (plates 21, 23, 31, 38 repeated twice, 40 repeated three times), 9 other plates not numbered, chalcographic illustrations. Volume II: 3. Third book which contains the basilicas and ancient churches of Rome. Rome, Barbiellini, 1753, pl. 41 - 60, 44 repeated 2 times, 4 not numbered. 7. Seventh book which contains the convents and houses of regular clerics […]. Rome, Niccolò and Marco Pagliarini ,, 1756, pl. 121 - 140, 10 unnumbered 8. Book eight which contains the monasteries and conservatories of women […]. Rome, Niccolò and Marco Pagliarini, 1758, pl. 141 - 160, 1 unnumbered, 9. Ninth book that contains colleges, hospitals, and pious places […]. Rome, Niccolò and Marco Pagliarini, 1759, pl. 161 - 181, 1 unnumbered, 177 missing 10. Book 10 which contains the most remarkable villas and gardens […]. Rome, Niccolò and Marco Pagliarini, 1761, pl. 181 - 200

** First edition of the masterpiece by the great engraver and landscape painter Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782). The result of almost two decades of work, it is a journey back in time along the streets, squares and glimpses of Rome, in the company of carriages and costumed figures. Vasi, originally from Corleone and settled in Rome in 1736, masterfully captures the relationship between the monumentality, now decadent, of the classic appearance of the city and the city in its architectural becoming, in its modernity. The text of the first volume is by Giuseppe Bianchini, the second by Orazio Orlandi, the remaining volumes are the work of Vasi himself.