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Vues des plus beaux restes des antiquités romaines telles qu'elles subsistent encore à Rome et en divers endroits de l'Italie

Barbault, Jean · 1775 · Bouchard & Gravier · 81 pictures

A set of engraved views published in 1775 by Bouchard and Gravier, made by Jean Barbault for an audience of antiquarians and travellers, showing surviving ancient Roman ruins in Rome and elsewhere in Italy. The plates are etched architectural prospects with ruined temples, triumphal arches and aqueducts set in open landscape, offering a designer models of classical architecture, ruin composition and romantic vistas.

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