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<dl><dd>Prints of Library's copy interleaved with guard tissues</dd>
<dd>Library's copy retains the 2 halves of a portfolio in green calf</dd>
<dd>4 sequences of 6 etchings, each sequence including a title sheet. The frontispiece (wanting in Library's copy) is not by Legeay, who produced the plates in 1767-68 during a stay in London (cf. Erouart, p. 73). Following the order of the edition as established by Erouart, the titles of the 4 sequences are: Fontane per l'aqua del Té, inventione di Giovani Lorenzo Le Geay architetto, intagliate da lui stesso, messe in luce MDCCLXVII. Tombeaux, inventione di Giovani Lorenzo Le Geay architet, intaglia da luy stesso, in luce MDCCLXVIII. Rovine, inventione di Giovani Lorenzo Legeay architet, intagliate da lui stesso, in luce 1768. Vasi, invention di Giovani Lorenzo Le Geay architetto, intagliate da lui stesso</dd>
<dd>Erouard, G. Architettura come pittura</dd>
<dd>Ornamentstichsammlung, Berlin</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Fountains in art; Sepulchral monuments in art; Ruins in art; Vases in art</div>
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Legeay, Jean-Laurent, active 18th century</div>
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