Italy Greuter, Matthäus (1564-1638). Disegno et... Lot 555

[Italy] Greuter, Matthäus (1564-1638). Disegno et sito del sontuoso giardino et palazzo del Ser. Gran Duca di Toscana in Roma. Giardino del Emi.mo Card. Montalto. Two engr. bird's eye views, both approx. 24 x 35 cm, both w. address Rome, Io. Iacomo Rossi, under passepartouts. Only marginal imperfections, good copies. From a rare series of 8 views of stately gardens in Rome of which 7 (according to Hollstein, 73-79) by Greuter. The series was first published by Greuter e Scaichi in 1623, followed by editions by Giovanni Domenico de Rossi, and by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (the present edition) after 1648. See Fuhring, Ornament Prints in the Rijksmuseum - The Seventeenth Century, 2004, vol. II, cat. No. 8000-8004. -and 2 views from the same series, both waterst., creased and frayed. (total 4)