A book with classical Roman illustrations by Giovanni Pietro Bellori, etchings, dated 1693.
83 illustrated pages, totally 84 pages. Dimensions 41 x 53 cm.
Stains. Discolourations. Fritting. Some folding. A few loose pages.
Giovanni Pietro Bellori was an Italian art historian and archaeologist who, in his younger years, devoted himself to painting and printmaking, later becoming an archaeologist and art collector, and was employed by Queen Christina as her librarian and chamberlain.