Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Jewish Ghetto in Rome - Etching, 1752

Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Piazza Giudia [Jews' Square], etching by Giuseppe Vasi. [Rome, 1752].
Etching depicting the Jewish Ghetto in Rome and its inhabitants. Description below the plate, with references to several buildings and streets marked in numbers on the etching (gate of the Ghetto, the gallows, "house with an ancient inscription" [Casa di Lorenzo Manilio], and more).
From the book "Delle Magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna", vol. II (Rome, 1752).
Etching: 30X21 cm, leaf: 42.5X29.5 cm. Significant foxing at margins of leaf and a damp-stain at left margins. Some creases and tears at margins.
Engravings and Portraits
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