Latium and Campania countryside. Labruzzi, Carlo.... Lot 252

[Latium and Campania countryside]. Labruzzi, Carlo. [Collection of views]. 1809. In 2nd (420 x 275 mm). 25 full-page watercolor plates, all numbered, some also monogrammed and dated on plate, one titled Via Flaminia (minor scattered marbling.) Coeval half-leather binding with corners and marbled paper, phytomorphic decoration to spine. Rare collection of prints by the fine landscape painter whose inventions were especially appreciated by foreigners such as Sir Richard Colt Hoare, archaeologist and amateur painter, with whom Labruzzi traveled the Appian Way from Rome to the South, documenting the journey with beautiful drawings.