Unattributed. “Veduta del Campidoglio in Vashinton” [U.S. Capitol]

Unattributed. “Veduta del Campidoglio in Vashinton.”  [U.S. Capitol]  

From Giulio Ferrario’s Il Costume Antico e Moderno.   Florence, 1827.  4 1/8 x 6 1/2.  Engraving by A. Sasso.  Original hand color.  Some light offsetting in sky.  Overall, very good condition.  

Giulio Ferrario was founder of the Societá tipografica de’ classici italiani and served as the director of the Braidense National Library in Milan.  Beginning in 1821, he issued a multi-volume work on the “Ancient and Modern Costumes: The history of the government, the militia, the religion, the arts and sciences, and the customs of all people ancient and modern.”  This included a number of excellent, rare views of America based on various artists. This image shows the U.S. Capitol, one of the wonders of America that all European visitors wanted to see.