Prospetto dell' alma città di Roma.

3 etchings with some engraving, 34 x 44 cm, thick laid paper, signed and dated in plate on stone slab "Giuseppe Vasi".

Plates 1, 2 and 5 from a long panoramic view of Rome seen from the Janiculum, on ten sheets intended to be joined together to make a whole. Lettered on a stone slab at bottom left with title and a dedication to Charles III King of Spain, by Vasi. Vasi was the major topographical etcher of his generation in Rome before Piranesi, who was his follower.
Ref. Paolo Coen, "Le Magnificenze di Roma di Giuseppe Vasi", Rome 1996, no. 88.
Joined: 1. Frezza, Giovanni Girolamo. After Carlo Maratti - The sowing of the field with corn. Rome, Jacob Frey, 1704. Engraving, 40 x 24,7 cm, laid paper, signed in plate "Ioann Hieronymus Frezza".-- 2. Thelott, Johann Gottfried - Apollo and Issé. Etching and engraving, 35 x 38 cm, laid paper with watermark, signed in plate at lower margin "Ioh. Gottf. Thelot sculp." (some foxing and stains). (5 pcs)