Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les tableaux les plus intéressants des palais et des églises de l'Italie (Fragments chosen from the most interesting paintings and canvases of the palaces and churches of Italy)
Title: Fragments choisis dans les Peintures et les tableaux les plus intéressants des palais et des églises de l'Italie (Fragments chosen from the most interesting paintings and canvases of the palaces and churches of Italy)
Physical Dimensions: book (volume closed): 27.7 × 20.7 × 3.5 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
Provenance: John Peachey, Sussex (bookplate dated 1782). West Dean Library, Sussex (library label). acquired from Marlborough Rare Books, 1984; Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Boston (bookplate); (Christie's via Ursus Books, New York, sale: Tuesday 29, October, 2013, lot 768); purchased 2013 as an anonymous gift to NGA.
Rights: CC0
Medium: bound volume with 200 etching and aquatint illustrations (6 titles, 194 plates), printed in brown and black on laid paper
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